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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
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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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