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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.126
Title
Ovoid jar
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 西周 印紋陶罐
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
probably 9th-7th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317255

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware
Dimensions
H. 52 x Diam. 54.2 cm (20 1/2 x 21 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, New York, 22 and 23 March 1999, lot. 335] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), 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
2006.170.126
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Large ovoid jar with abstract, bronze-style decor; medium gray earthenware with impressed decor.
Commentary
Compare to:
Western Zhou jar with similar stamped designs in the Quzhou Museum collection, Zhejiang province. 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. 102, pp. 114 and 256.

Publication History

  • Fine Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Botles, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, March 22-23, 1999), lot 335

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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