Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.77: Flat backed jar 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"Flat backed jar , 2006.170.77,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/148468. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.77 Title Flat backed jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 大汶口文化 彩陶背壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 4300-2600 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shandong province Period Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/148468 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with cold-painted pigments Dimensions H. 16.4 x W. (across handles) 17.5 x Diam. 10.5 cm (6 7/16 x 6 7/8 x 4 1/8 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 2006.170.77 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 with flared mouth and neck, globular body flattened on one side, two small strap handles on the shoulders, bordering the flattened back, and flat base; reddish buff earthenware with decoration cold-painted in white pigments on a red ground. Dawenkou culture; probably from Shandong province. Commentary Compare to: Earthenware jars of the same form and with geometric cold-painted decor excavated in 1959 at Dawenkou, Tai’an, Shandong province. See Shandong sheng wenwu guanlichu [Shandong Bureau of Cultural Relics Management], Dawenkou: xinshiqi shidai muzang fajue baogao [Dawenkou: Neolithic period cemetery excavation report] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1974), pl. 42.1-3; also see Zhongguo taoci quanji (The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics), vol. 1: Xinshiqi shidai (Neolithic period) (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 161, pp. 180 and 300. Publication History Transitory and Timeless: Ancient Chinese Pottery, auct. cat., The Chinese Porcelain Company (New York, 2002), no. 2, p. 13 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
