Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.281.A-B: Covered tankard with loop handle 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"Covered tankard with loop handle , 2006.170.281.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/146760. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.281.A-B Title Covered tankard with loop handle Other Titles Original Language Title: 遼 緑釉蓋鋬耳壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 11th-early 12th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Liao dynasty, 907-1125 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/146760 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with green lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 19 x Diam. 12.5 cm (7 1/2 x 4 15/16 in.) across handles: W. 14.6 cm (5 3/4 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 2006.170.281.A-B 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 Covered metal-form tankard with loop handle; decorative flange above the loop handle to support a thumb; domed cover with knob in the form of a pointed lotus bud; gray earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze. Commentary Compare to: Covered tankard of the same form with remnants of a yellow lead-fluxed glaze attributed to the Gangwa kiln in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia excavated in 1999 from a Liao dynasty tomb at Chaoyanggou village, Zhangwu county, Liaoning province, now in the Liaoning Provincial Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 2: Tianjin Liaoning Jilin Heilongjiang (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 70. 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
