Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.210: Funerary model of a well head 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"Funerary model of a well head , 2006.170.210,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/143091. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.210 Title Funerary model of a well head Other Titles Original Language Title: 東漢 青瓷壺陶井 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1st-2nd century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Zhejiang Province, Shaoxing Period Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/143091 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with yellow-green celadon glaze Technique Celadon Dimensions H. 13.7 x Diam. 18.2 cm (5 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [The Chinese Porcelain Company, 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 2006.170.210 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 Jar like container with flared mouth, wide, compressed body on a flat base, circular openings below the rim, and high-relief geometric decoration perhaps simulating rope; buff stoneware with yellow green glaze over applique molded and incised decoration. Excavated funerary models of water wells resembling the structure and decoration of this piece indicate it was likely a representation of a well head to furnish a tomb. Commentary Compare to: (1) Earthenware model of a well, the top portion of virtually the same form, applique designs, and circular openings excavated in 1970 from an Eastern Han site at Changleshanpo, Yuhang, Zhejiang province. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 3: Qin, Han [Qin and Han dynasties] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 97, pp. 112 and 251. (2) Yue ware celadon glazed jar with very similar applique designs excavated in 1978 from an Eastern Han tomb dated to 175 CE in Nan’ao, Baidu, Fenghua, Zhejiang province. See Li, Jun, ed. Qianfeng cuise: Zhongguo Yueyao qingci [The Splendor of Emerald Green], vol. 1. (Ningbo: Ningbo chubanshe, 2011), 66-67. (3) Green-yellowish celadon glazed model of a well of related form with similar applique decoration excavated in 1984 from a mid-Eastern Han dynasty brick tomb in Ganquan, Hanjiang county, Yangzhou city, Jiangsu province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 10 (1991): 66, fig. 7. Publication History Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Recent Acquisitions, auct. cat., The Chinese Porcelain Company (New York, NY, 2002), no. 4, pp. 14-15 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
