2006.170.44: Spouted jar with two handles
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.44
- Title
- Spouted jar with two handles
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 馬家窯文化馬厰類型 彩陶带流壺
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Machang phase, c. 2300-2000 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, c. 3300-2000 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/192138
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Earthenware with slip-painted decoration
- Dimensions
- H. 13.7 x W. (across spout and body) 21.1 x Diam. (below handles) 19.1 cm (5 3/8 x 8 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 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
- 2006.170.44
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Ovoid jar with tubular spout, short neck, broad body, and lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base, and with two strap handles; buff earthenware with geometric decoration painted in black slip. Majiayao culture, Machang type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
Verification Level
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