Jar | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.170.71
Title: Jar
Other Titles: Original Language Title: 寺窪文化陶罐
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 1300-500 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Siwa culture, c. 1300-500 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/173147

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions: H. 52.6 x Diam. 40 cm (20 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, May 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: 2006.170.71
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Large jar with flared mouth, broad shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a small, flat base with a circular depression in the center; red earthenware with dark gray irregular markings from firing. Siwa culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu of Shaanxi province.

Subjects and Contexts

Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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2006.170.71: Jar