2006.170.66: Double-handled jar
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.66
- Title
- Double-handled jar
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 辛店文化 彩陶雙耳罐
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 1600-600 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Xindian culture, c. 1600-600 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/317249
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Earthenware with cord-marked decor
- Dimensions
- H. 16.8 x W. 16 x Diam. 15.2 cm (6 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 6 in.)
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
- 2006.170.66
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Wide-mouthed jar with ovoid body, straight neck, crimped “pie-crust” rim, and two strap handles attached from rim to shoulders; reddish buff earthenware with dark fire markings and with cord-impressed decoration. Xindian culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
Publication History
- Elizabeth LaDuc, "Technical Study of Chinese Ceramics from the Qijia Culture (c.2200-1600 BCE)" (2016)
Exhibition History
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
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Verification Level
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