2006.170.117: Wide-mouthed jar
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.117
- Title
- Wide-mouthed jar
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 良渚文化 灰陶罐
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 3300-2200 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/174249
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gray earthenware
- Dimensions
- H. 9.5 x W. (across handles) 11.4 x Diam. 10 cm (3 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Nicholas Grindley, London, 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
- 2006.170.117
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Small wide-mouthed jar with globular body, short neck, flared mouth rim, circular pedestal base, and two lug handles at the shoulders; medium gray earthenware with lightly burnished and darkened surface. Liangzhu culture. From the lower Yangzi River region; Jiangsu or Zhejiang province.
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
Verification Level
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