Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.260: Long-necked jar with dished mouth 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"Long-necked jar with dished mouth , 2006.170.260,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/174967. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.260 Title Long-necked jar with dished mouth Other Titles Original Language Title: 北齊至隋 黄釉盤口壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 6th – early 7th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Northern Qi (550-577) to Sui (581-618) dynasty Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/174967 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with lead fluxed glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 40.9 x Diam. 23 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, October 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), 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 2006.170.260 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 Tall, long-necked jar with dish-shaped mouth, slender cylindrical neck, ovoid body, and sides tapering inward to a flat circular base; with two raised bands encircling the neck and lightly incised lines encircling the shoulders; pinkish buff earthenware with pale green lead-fluxed glaze over incised and molded decoration; glaze covers entire vessel, including the base. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably northern China. One of a pair with 2006.170.261. Commentary Compare to: Celadon chicken-headed ewer with similar dish-mouthed jar form excavated from the Sui dynasty (581-618) tomb of Li Jingxun (dated to 608) in Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Kaogu [Archaeology] 9 (1959): 471-72, pl. 3.5. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works 2006.170.261 Long-necked jar with dished mouth Vessels 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
