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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.188
Title
Ladle with dragon-head handle
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 東漢 灰陶勺
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
ladle
Date
early 1st-early 3rd century CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189204

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware with traces of cold painted pigment
Dimensions
H. 11 x L.14.1 x W. 9 cm (4 5/16 x 5 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, April 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
2006.170.188
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description

Commentary
Compare to:
(1) Earthenware ladle of closely related form, also with cold-painted red pigment on the interior excavated in 1991 from a late Eastern Han dynasty brick tomb near Yujia village, Qian’an county, Hebei province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 4 (2015): 33, fig. 14.
(2) Earthenware ladle of closely related form, also with cold-painted red pigment on the interior excavated in 2013 from a late Eastern Han dynasty brick tomb near Zhucang village, Mengjin county, Luoyang city, Henan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 10 (1996): 33, fig. 7.
(3) Lacquer ladle with similar dragon-head handle excavated in 1993 from a late Western Han dynasty tomb in Yinwan village, Donghai county, Lianyungang city, Jiangsu province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 8 (1996): 14, figs. 32 and 34.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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