Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.143.A-B: Covered pedestal dish Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Covered pedestal dish , 2006.170.143.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/182607. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.143.A-B Title Covered pedestal dish Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國 黑硬陶蓋豆 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 4th century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/182607 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray stoneware with blackened surface Dimensions H. 27 x Diam. 21.1 cm (10 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, June 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 Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.143.A-B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Deep bowl with wide mouth raised on a tall stem supported on a broad circular concave foot with neatly molded upturned edge, the lower sides of the bowl with concave grooves and the well-fitted domed cover similarly grooved, the large circular platform finial also grooved and raised on a reel-shaped stem, the dark gray pottery burnished to a smooth black surface and showing scattered remains of earth encrustation and staining from burial. One of a pair with 2006.170.144.A-B. Commentary Compare to: (1) Large, covered dou vessel of similar form and design excavated in 2012-2013 from a mid-Warring States period (4th century BCE) tomb in Guxiang cemetery, Linying county, Luohe, Henan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 8 (2015): 8, fig. 9. (2) Very similar but slightly smaller covered ceramic dou attributed to the Warring States period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, New York (accession no. 50.61.9). See Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, 2nd ed. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of New York, 1989), 30, fig. 25. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2006.170.144.A-B Covered pedestal dish Vessels Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
