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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.113
Title
Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 夏家店下層文化 彩繪陶罐
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 2000-1500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu)
Period
Lower Xiajiadian culture, c. 2000-1500 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20978

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware with cold-painted decoration
Dimensions
H. 18.2 x Diam. 17.4 x W. 17.9 cm (7 3/16 x 6 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2005] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2005-2006), 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
2006.170.113
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck, flared lip, and tall cylindrical foot; medium gray earthenware with incised border and with geometric decoration cold painted in red and white pigments. Lower Xiajiadian culture. From northeastern China; Inner Mongolia.
Commentary
Compare to:
Jar of similar form and decoration excavated from a Lower Xiajiadian site at Dadianzi, Chifeng Aohan banner, Inner Mongolia, now in the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 2: Xia, Shang, Zhou, Chunqiu, Zhanguo [Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Warring States periods] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 83, pp. 97 and 250.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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