Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.149: Wide-mouthed jar 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"Wide-mouthed jar , 2006.170.149,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/197049. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.149 Title Wide-mouthed jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國至西漢 印紋硬陶罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 3rd-2nd century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE) Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/197049 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray stoneware Dimensions H. 34.8 x Diam. 46 cm (13 11/16 x 18 1/8 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 2006.170.149 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 Large wide-mouthed jar with broad shoulders and flat base; light gray stoneware with impressed basket-weave decor. Commentary Compare to: Large wide-mouthed jar of similar form with basket-weave decor excavated in 2010 from a late Warring States period (475 – 221 BCE) or early Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) earth-mound tomb near Mount Zhenshan in High-tech District, Suzhou, Jiangsu province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 5 (2016): 9, fig. 13. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection 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
