Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.284.A-B: Covered ovoid jar on attached base 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 ovoid jar on attached base , 2006.170.284.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/186931. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.284.A-B Title Covered ovoid jar on attached base Other Titles Original Language Title: 遼 三彩罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 11th-early 12th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Liao dynasty, 907-1125 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/186931 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 27.3 x Diam. 17.5 cm (10 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.) (with cover) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Stephen Junkunc III, Chicago (by 1978). [Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, October 1999], sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Notes: 1. Stephen Junkunc III (d. 1978) 2. On long-term loan to Harvard University Art Museums from 2000 to 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 2006.170.284.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 Oblong ovoid jar with cover and attached stand; the jar with small mouth opening and attached to a foliate base supported on a short footring; the cover resembling a broad-rimmed hat with finial; white earthenware with variegated iron-brown and copper-green lead-fluxed glazes over incised, molded, and applique elements. Commentary Compare to: (1) Sancai vase of related form but without lid or base excavated in 2004 from a Tang-dynasty (618-907) tomb at Chengjiaotou cemetery, Zhangqiu, Shandong province, now in the Shandong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 6: Shandong (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 68. (2) Sancai covered jar of somewhat related form and with a pedestal excavated in 1977 from a Tang-dynasty tomb at Beixing village, Jingxing county, Hebei province, now in the Jingxing Office for Management of Cultural Relics. Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 3: Hebei (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 45. Publication History The Chinese Porcelain Company: A Dealer's Record, 1985-2000, auct. cat., The Chinese Porcelain Company (New York, 2000), p. 60 Exhibition History Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 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
