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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.180
Title
Long-necked jar (hu)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 漢 灰陶壺
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196994

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Light gray earthenware with incised decoration
Dimensions
H. 46 x Diam. 30 cm (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Galerie Gisèle Croës - Arts d'Extreme-Orient, Brussels, Belgium, June 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), 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
2006.170.180
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Jar with slightly flared mouth, wide cylindrical neck, sloping shoulders, and globularly body raised on a circular pedestal foot; two pushou-mask supports positioned bilaterally on the belly; incised decoration of fish and scrolling clouds; light gray earthenware with incised decoration.
Commentary
Compare to:
(1) A group of jars of similar form with closely related decor excavated in 2003 from a late Western Han tomb of Zhang Jiu near Daobeimiao South Road in Luoyang city, Henan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 12 (2005): 34-35, figs. 8-10.
(2) Covered ‘hu’ jar with two ‘pushou’-mask ring handles excavated in 1992 from a late Western Han dynasty (206 BCE – 9 CE) tomb in Jinguyuan near Luoyang train station in Luoyang city, Henan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 7 (1994): 24, figs. 2, 4, and 5.
(3) A group of long-necked ‘hu’ storage jars with two ‘pushou’-mask ring handles and calligraphic inscriptions excavated in 1992 from a late Western Han dynasty (206 BCE – 9 CE) tomb in Xigong District, Luoyang, Henan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 11 (1995): 8, figs. 7 and 8.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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