Covered, Stepped, Square, Incense Burner with Geometric Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.170.170.A-B
Title: Covered, Stepped, Square, Incense Burner with Geometric Decor
Other Titles: Original Language Title: 西漢彩繪陶熏爐
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 2nd-1st century BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/189200

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Gray earthenware with openwork decoration and with traces of cold-painted red and white pigments
Dimensions: H. 20 x W. 11 x D. 11 cm (7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Kaikodo, New York, October 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: 2006.170.170.A-B
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Kaikodo Journal, Vol. 12 (Autumn 1999), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 1999), no. 46, pp. 192-193

Subjects and Contexts

Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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2006.170.170.A-B: Covered, Stepped, Square, Incense Burner with Geometric Decor