Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.188: Ladle with dragon-head handle Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ladle with dragon-head handle , 2006.170.188,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/189204. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 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 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 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