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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.118
Title
Pedestal dish (dou)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 崧澤文化 陶豆
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
3900-3300 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period, Songze culture, c. 3900-3300 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/99888

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
H. 11.2 x Diam. 18.7 cm (4 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), 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
2006.170.118
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Circular dish raised on a flared circular pedestal that widens toward the foot, the pedestal perforated with three circular apertures; medium gray earthenware, the interior with black skin, the exterior with a rust-brown skin. Songze culture. From the lower Yangzi River region; Jiangsu or Zhejiang province.

Publication History

  • Bao pu yi tao: Zhongguo xinshiqi shidai de taoqi yu yuqi [Pottery and Jades of China's Neolithic Age], auct. cat., Yunzhongju guwan youxian gongsi (Taibei Shi, 2001), no. 81

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

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