2006.170.186: Rectangular basin with handle (yi)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2006.170.186

Title

Rectangular basin with handle (yi)

Other Titles

Original Language Title: 東漢 灰陶匜

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

early 1st-early 3rd century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/190998

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray earthenware with cold painted pigment

Dimensions

H. 10.9 x W. 20.2 x L. 26.4 cm (4 5/16 x 7 15/16 x 10 3/8 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

2006.170.186

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Rectangular basin with deep bowl supported on a flat rectangular foot and with curved handle terminating in a point; gray earthenware with red pigment on the interior and traces of red on the handle.

Commentary

Compare to:
Gray earthenware vessel of similar form but with a dragon-headed handle excavated in 1984 from an Eastern Han tomb in Zibo, Shandong province. Kaogu [Archaeology] 8 (1986): 722, fig. 6.6.

Subjects and Contexts

• Sedgwick Collection

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