Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.79: Flat backed jarFlat backed jar 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"Flat backed jarFlat backed jar , 2006.170.79,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/185453. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.79 Title Flat backed jarFlat backed jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 大汶口文化 黑陶背壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 4300-2600 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/185453 Physical Descriptions Medium Black earthenware Dimensions H. 16.4 x W. 11 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.79 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 Jar with flared mouth, cylindrical neck, ovoid body flattened on one side, two small loop handles on the shoulders, bordering the flattened back, pointed tab on the front, and flat base; lightly burnished, blackened earthenware with applique elements. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces. Commentary Compare to: Smaller earthenware vessel of related form excavated in 1963 from a Dawenkou site at Xixiahou in Shandong province. See Kaogu Xuebao 3 (1986): 324, fig. 15:13. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection 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
