2006.170.180: Long-necked jar (hu)

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

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