Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.262: Globular jar with descending lotus-petal decor 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"Globular jar with descending lotus-petal decor , 2006.170.262,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 12, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/147219. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.262 Title Globular jar with descending lotus-petal decor Other Titles Original Language Title: 北齊 三彩罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date third quarter 6th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Northern Qi, 550-577 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/147219 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with lead fluxed glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 20.5 x Diam. 20 cm (8 1/16 x 7 7/8 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 2006.170.262 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 Globular jar with short neck, carved decoration of descending lotus petals with flared tips projecting outward at midpoint of body, short, flat circular foot, and four pierced square lug handles encircling the shoulder; pinkish gray earthenware with pale green lead-fluxed glaze streaked with amber-brown and bright green over carved and incised decoration; base mostly unglazed, with some glaze overflow. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China. Commentary Compare to: (1) Celadon covered jar of very similar form excavated in 1968 from the Northern Qi tomb of Cui Ang (dated to 566) in Pingshan, Hebei province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 11 (1973): 27-33, pl. 5.2. (2) Celadon jar with green streaks of closely related form excavated in 1958 from the Northern Qi tomb of Li Yun (dated 576) at Zhehezhai, Puyang county, Henan province, now in the Palace Museum, Beijing. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 12: Henan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 25. 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
