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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.146
Title
Cylindrical Granary Jar with Three Bear-Form Feet
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
206 BCE-220 CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206472

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments probably added in the 20th century
Dimensions
H. 29 x Diam. 16.9 cm (11 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Gardiner Davis
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.146
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Trubner, Arts of the Han Dynasty, exh. cat., Chinese Art Society of America (New York, 1961), p. 30, no. 27

Verification Level

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