Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.37: Small jar with tab handle 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"Small jar with tab handle , 2006.170.37,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/185763. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.37 Title Small jar with tab handle Other Titles Original Language Title: 馬家窯文化半山類型 陶小罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Banshan phase, c. 2650-2300 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Period Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, c. 3300-2000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/185763 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with impressed decoration Dimensions H. 8.4 x Diam. 9.6 cm (3 5/16 x 3 3/4 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.37 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 Small jar with bulbous body, lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base, and with small tab handle; light gray earthenware with applique handle and impressed decoration forming a chevron pattern on the shoulders. Majiayao culture, Banshan type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; southern Ningxia province. Commentary Compare to: (1) Small gray earthenware jar of slightly different form, but with similar chevron pattern excavated from a Banshan cemetery in Dibaping, Guanghe county, Gansu province. See Kaogu Xuebao 2 (1978): 193-210, pl. 9.6. (2) Small earthenware jars of similar form and decoration excavated from a Banshan tomb in Huazhaizi, near Lanzhou, Gansu province. See Kaogu Xuebao 2 (1980): 221-38, pl. 7.1-2 and pl. 8.2. Exhibition History Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 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
