Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.162: Goose-head vessel 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"Goose-head vessel , 2006.170.162,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/190217. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.162 Title Goose-head vessel Other Titles Original Language Title: 西漢 陶鵝首曲頸壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 3rd-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/190217 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments Dimensions H. 33.5 x Diam. 22.2 cm (13 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 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 Louise Haskell Daly Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.162 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 Compressed spherical vessel surmounted by a tapered cylindrical neck that curves downward at the top, terminating into a stylized head of a goose; a circular aperture appears at the highest point behind the goose head; splayed footring encircles a countersunk base; light gray earthenware with minute traces of orange, black, and white cold-painted pigments. The form is based on a bronze vessel prototype. Such vessels gained currency by the Qin dynasty (late 3rd century BCE) and persisted into the Han dynasty. Note: A sample taken from the footring of this vessel was thermoluminescence (TL) tested at Oxford Authentication Ltd. in May 1999 and determined to be consistent with the suggested period of manufacture. Commentary (1) Similar earthenware vessel attributed to the Han dynasty in the collection of the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. See The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (Kansas City, MO: Nelson Atkins Museum, 1993), 286. (2) Similar earthenware vessel attributed to the Western Han period in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection, New York (accession no. 1994.605.17). 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 Related Works 2006.170.163 Goose-head vessel Vessels 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
