Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.232: 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"Jar with dished mouth , 2006.170.232,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/176897. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.232 Title Jar with dished mouth Other Titles Original Language Title: 南北朝至隋 青瓷盤口罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 5th-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/176897 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with celadon glaze Technique Celadon Dimensions H. 40.8 x Diam. 35.5 cm (16 1/16 x 14 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, January 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 2006.170.232 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 Large ovoid jar with dish-shaped mouth, short neck, broad shoulders, lower body tapering inward to a circular, flat base, six squared lug handles encircling the top of the shoulders, and two loops descending from the dished mouth; light gray stoneware with light green celadon glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain. Commentary Compare to: Large jar of similar form with four lug handles excavated from a Southern Qi period (479-502) tomb dated to 485 at Hejiadawan near Wuchang, Hubei province. See Kaogu [Archaeology] 4 (1965): 176-214, pl. 3.1. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection 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
