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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.189
Title
Small Jar with Abstract Decor and Styled Ring-Mask Handle Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
5th-3rd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205793

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Off-white stoneware with combed and applique decoration and with traces of ash glaze
Dimensions
H. 12.7 x Diam. 19.3 cm (5 x 7 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Laurence Sickman, Kansas, MO (by 1934 - 1937), sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1937

Note:
Laurence Sickman (1906-1988)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1937
Object Number
1937.189
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Walter Hochstadter, "Pottery and Stonewares of Shang, Chou, and Han", Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Ostasiatiska museet (Stockholm, Sweden, 1952), no. 24, p. 81ff, pl. 25, no.97
  • Seiichi Mizuno, "Sekai toji zenshu (Catalogue of World's Ceramics)", Kawade Shobo (Tokyo, Japan, 1955), pl. 65

Verification Level

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