2006.170.46: Pouring vessel
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.46
- Title
- Pouring vessel
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 四壩文化 彩陶带流壺
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 2000-1600 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province
- Period
- Siba culture, c. 2000-1600 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/149553
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Earthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
- Dimensions
- H. 27.8 x W. (across vessel and lower handle) 23.6 x Diam. 20.2 cm (10 15/16 x 9 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Kaikodo, New York, 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), 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
- 2006.170.46
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Ovoid vessel with cylindrical neck, sloping shoulders, wide body, and lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base; one strap handle attached to rim and shoulder, one lug handle on opposite side at waist; buff earthenware with geometric decoration painted in black and burgundy slips on neck and upper body. Siba culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region, probably Gansu province.
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
Verification Level
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