Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.184: Large jar (weng) Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Large jar (weng) , 2006.170.184,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Mar 20, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/317262. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.184 Title Large jar (weng) Other Titles Original Language Title: 春秋 印紋陶瓮 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 6th-5th century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/317262 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with impressed decor Dimensions H. 46.5 x Diam. 42 cm (18 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Sotheby's, New York, 22-23 March 1999, lot. 337] 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 2006.170.184 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Large jar with everted rim, short neck, broad shoulders, and lower portion tapering inward to a small flat base; medium gray earthenware with impressed geometric decoration. Commentary Compare to: Earthenware jar of similar form with closely related decor excavated in 2010 from a Spring and Autumn period earth-mound tomb near Mount Zhenshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu province, now in the Archaeological Institute of Suzhou City. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 5 (2016): 7, figs. 6-7. Publication History Fine Chinese Works of Art and Snuff Botles, auct. cat., Sotheby's, New York (New York, March 22-23, 1999), lot 337 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
