Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.53: Jar with anthropomorphic feet 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"Jar with anthropomorphic feet , 2006.170.53,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 07, 2023, https://hvrd.art/o/191055. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.53 Title Jar with anthropomorphic feet Other Titles Original Language Title: 齊家文化 人足形陶罐 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/191055 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with cord-impressed decoration Dimensions H. 15.9 x Diam. 11.6 cm (6 1/4 x 4 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 2006.170.53 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 jar with short, constricted neck, globular body, two booted human feet, and two strap handles; gray earthenware with applique handles and feet and cord-impressed decoration. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia. Note: A sample taken from the handle of this vessel was thermoluminescence (TL) tested at Oxford Authentication Ltd. in November 1999 and determined to be consistent with the suggested period of manufacture. Commentary Compare to: Two-handled jar with anthropomorphic feet and painted décor excavated from a Siba culture site in Huoshaogou, Yumen, Gansu province. See Li Yongliang, ed. Helong wenhua: lianjie gudai zhongguo yu shijie de zoulang (Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, 1998), 72, fig. 80. Exhibition History Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Media 3D Model: Small Globular Jar with Short, Straight Neck, Two Strap Handles, Two Anthropomorphic Feet, and Cord-Marked Decor 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
