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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.225.1
Title
Simulated woven basket
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
6th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420-589) to Sui dynasty (581-618)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/174849

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Stoneware with celadon glaze
Technique
Celadon
Dimensions
H. 11 x Diam. 14.1 cm (4 5/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 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
2006.170.225.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wide cylindrical openwork ceramic container with sides modeled as a lattice of crossed vertical straps joined by matching horizontal straps to form three tiers of slender lozenge-shaped openings, tapering slightly inward above the flat foot, pierced with an opening in the center of the unglazed base light gray stoneware with pale olive green glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably southern China. Paired with silver component 2006.170.225.2.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

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Verification Level

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