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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.107
Title
Spherical jar with narrow neck
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 屈家嶺文化 黑陶壺
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 3000-2500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period, Qujialing culture, c. 3000-2500 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182606

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black earthenware
Dimensions
H. 16.3 x Diam. 12.9 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.170.107
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Spherical vessel with narrow cylindrical neck, everted lip, and short footring; lightly burnished black earthenware. Qujialing culture. From the middle Yangzi River region, Hubei or Hunan province.
Commentary
Compare to:
Slightly smaller black earthenware bottle of similar spherical form and with everted lip rim excavated from the Qujialing culture stratum at Huachenggang, Anxiang county, Hunan province. See Kaogu xuebao [Acta Archaeologica Sinica] 4 (1983): 527, pl. 7.2.

Publication History

  • Ancient Chinese Ceramics & Tomb Sculpture, March 20 to April 8, 2000, auct. cat., J.J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY, 2000), no. 3

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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