2006.170.146: Bottle with Lobed “Garlic Head” Mouth
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.146
- Title
- Bottle with Lobed “Garlic Head” Mouth
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 戰國 青銅蒜頭壺
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 4th-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/317260
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze
- Dimensions
- H. 39.2 x Diam. 20.8 cm (15 7/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- David Hill, USA (by 1996) sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1996-2006), 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
- 2006.170.146
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Compressed globular bottle with long neck and lobed mouth resembling a head of garlic, and short circular footring; cast bronze with patina.
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