Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.4: Wide mouthed jar 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"Wide mouthed jar , 2006.170.4,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/190809. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.4 Title Wide mouthed jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 仰韶文化半坡類型 陶小罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Banpo phase, c. 5000-4000 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province Period Neolithic period, Yangshao culture, c. 5000-3000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/190809 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with incised decoration Dimensions H. 10.9 x Diam. 17.9 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, August 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 2006.170.4 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 ovoid, bowl-like vessel with wide mouth, everted rim, and lower body curving inward to a flat base; red earthenware textured below the rim with incised parallel horizontal lines encircling the body, created by incising the clay surface with a pointed implement before firing; remains of earth from burial on exterior and interior. Early Yangshao culture, Banpo type. From the middle Yellow River valley region, Shaanxi province. Commentary Compare to: Jars of similar shape and textured surface were excavated in 1972 from a Banpo site in Jiangzhai, Lintong county, Shaanxi province. See Kaogu 3 (1973): 143, figs. 16.15 and 16.20, and pl. 4.2. Exhibition History Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 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
