Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.231: Bottle with dished mouth 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"Bottle with dished mouth , 2006.170.231,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/188954. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.231 Title Bottle with dished mouth Other Titles Original Language Title: 隋 青瓷盤口瓶 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 6th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Sui dynasty, 581-618 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/188954 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with celadon glaze Technique Celadon Dimensions H. 18.9 x Diam. 11.3 cm (7 7/16 x 4 7/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Christian Boehm, London, November 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 2006.170.231 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 Ovoid bottle with sides of lower half tapering inward to a short, slightly splayed foot with flat base; broad rounded shoulders curve inward to long, slender ridged neck topped with dish-shaped mouth with everted rim; four double-loop applique handles evenly spaced around the shoulders; lightly incised horizontal lines encircling the upper portion of body; light gray stoneware with light green celadon glaze that stops well above the foot; base unglazed. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China. Commentary (1) Celadon bottle of closely related form with two loop handles excavated from a Sui dynasty (581-618) tomb dated to 608 outside Yuxiangmen, Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Kaogu [Archaeology] 9 (1959): 471-72, pl. 3.14. (2) Celadon bottle of similar form excavated from a Sui tomb in Boxian, Anhui province. See Kaogu [Archaeology] 1 (1977): 65-68, pl. 12.1. 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
