Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.205.A-B: Covered long-necked jar (hu) 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 long-necked jar (hu) , 2006.170.205.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/185451. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.205.A-B Title Covered long-necked jar (hu) Other Titles Original Language Title: 東漢 釉陶壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 25-220 CE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/185451 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with brown lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions with cover: H. 44 x Diam. 28.5 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, December 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), 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 2006.170.205.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 Covered jar with long cylindrical neck, wide shoulders, compressed body, and straight foot resting on a flat base, the slightly domed cover with finial in the form of a seated human figure playing a wind instrument; the vessel shoulders decorated with a molded frieze of tigers, dragons, and other mythical beasts striding amid clouds; red earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze, the undersides of the vessel and cover unglazed. One of a pair with 2006.170.204.A-B. Commentary Compare to: Hu-vessel of a different form but with similar caramel-brown, lead-fluxed glaze in a private collection. See Aileen Lau, ed., Spirit of Han: Ceramics for the After-Life (Singapore: Southeast Asian Ceramic Society; Sun Tree Publications, 1991), cat. 83, p. 113. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2006.170.204.A-B Covered long-necked jar (hu) 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
