Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.55: Small jar with three strap handles 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"Small jar with three strap handles , 2006.170.55,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/191000. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.55 Title Small jar with three strap handles Other Titles Original Language Title: 齊家文化 陶三耳小罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 2300-1500 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Qijia culture, c. 2300-1500 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/191000 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with traces of cinnabar Dimensions H. 9.4 x W. (across handles) 11 x Diam. 9 cm (3 11/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [James Freeman, Kyoto, 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 2006.170.55 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 Small hourglass-shaped jar with flared mouth, constricted waist, and flared lower half; with three strap handles attached from lip to base; thinly potted red earthenware with applique handles and traces of cinnabar. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia. Commentary Compare to: Earthenware jar with three handles excavated from Liuwan, Ledu county, Qinghai province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 1 (1976): 78, fig. 33 (middle). Earthenware jar with three handles excavated from Shizhaocun, Tianshui, Gansu province. See Kaogu [Archaeology] 7 (1990): 584, fig. 10.3. Publication History Elizabeth LaDuc, "Technical Study of Chinese Ceramics from the Qijia Culture (c.2200-1600 BCE)" (2016) Exhibition History Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works Straus.8941 X-radiograph(s) of "Small Jar with Constricted Waist, Flaring Lip, and Three Strap Handles" Photographs 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
