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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.122
Title
Wine vessel (zhi)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 商 灰陶觶
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Anyang phase, 13th- c. 11th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province, Anyang
Period
Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196995

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware
Dimensions
H. 13.4 x Diam. 8 cm (5 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Art Market, Beijing (by 1940)], sold; to Max Loehr, Lexington, MA (1940-1988), by inheritance; to his son Thomas Loehr (1988-1995), sold; through [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1995-1998] to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Notes:
1. Max Loehr (b. 1903 - d. 1988)
2. On long-term loan to Harvard University Art Museums from 1998 to 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
2006.170.122
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Small cylindrical vessel with flared lip and short circular pedestal foot; a band of incised geometric decor below the lip and near the foot, the lower band with applique bosses; light gray earthenware.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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