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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.158
Title
Chamber pot in the form of a rabbit
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 漢 灰陶溺器
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1st century BCE – 1st century CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190854

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware
Dimensions
H. 19.6 x L. 34.2 x D. 16.3 cm (7 11/16 x 13 7/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, July 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
2006.170.158
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Chamber pot of rounded rectangular form depicting a stylized, open-mouthed rabbit with whiskers and pointed ears, elongated tail curling upward and stretching back to the head to form a handle, and with carved geometric patterning on the body; gray earthenware with incised and impressed decoration.
Commentary
Compare to:
Related ceramic chamber pot in the form of a stylized tiger excavated in 1990 from a late Western Han to early Eastern Han period (1st century CE) tomb near Tianzhen County, Datong City, Shanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 9 (2012): 29, fig. 18.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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