Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.80: Flat backed jar 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"Flat backed jar , 2006.170.80,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/176956. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.80 Title Flat backed jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 大汶口文化 灰陶背壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 4300-2600 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/176956 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware Dimensions H. 22.8 x W. 222.5 x D. 18.4 cm (9 x 87 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, September 2000] 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 2006.170.80 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 Jar with flared mouth, short, cylindrical neck, ovoid body flattened on one side, two loop handles on the shoulders, bordering the flattened back, pointed tab on the front, and flat base; medium gray earthenware with applique elements. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces. Commentary Compare to: (1) Numerous flat-backed jars of related form were excavated in 1959 at Dawenkou, Tai’an, Shandong province. See Shandong sheng wenwu guanlichu [Shandong Bureau of Cultural Relics Management], Dawenkou: xinshiqi shidai muzang fajue baogao [Dawenkou: Neolithic period cemetery excavation report] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1974), pl. 65.1-6. A line drawing of a vessel of very similar shape and proportion can be found on p. 29, fig. 22.2. (2) White earthenware jar of very similar form and color excavated at Dawenkou, now in the National Museum of China, Beijing. See Zhongguo taoci quanji (The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics), vol. 1: Xinshiqi shidai (Neolithic period) (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 168, pp. 185 and 302. 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
