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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.188.A-B
Title
Small, Low, Wide-Mouthed Jar with Abstract Decor with Cover
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
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/206190

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Off-white stoneware with combed and gouged decoration with traces of ash glaze
Dimensions
H. 8.5 x Diam. 18 cm (3 3/8 x 7 1/16 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
1937.188.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 53, no. 28
  • Ceramic Art of China, exh. cat., Oriental Ceramics Society (London, England, 1971), p. 57, no. 14; illus. Pl. 7

Exhibition History

  • Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

Verification Level

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