Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.108: Jar with two loop handles 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 two loop handles , 2006.170.108,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/176957. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.108 Title Jar with two loop handles Other Titles Original Language Title: 紅山文化 陶罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Hongshan culture, late phase, 3500-3000 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Hongshan culture, c. 4500-3000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/176957 Physical Descriptions Medium Grayish buff earthenware Dimensions H. 21 x W. (across handles) 17.3 x Diam. 13.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 13/16 x 5 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, September 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 2006.170.108 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 jar of cylindrical form, the lower portion tapering inward slightly to a small, flat base; two wide loop handles near the midpoint; a decorative band of diagonal and horizontal lines in repeating patterns at the waist; grayish buff earthenware with applique handles, incised decor, and dark markings from firing. Hongshan culture. From northeastern China; Liaoning province or Inner Mongolia. Commentary Compare to: Earthenware beaker of similar form excavated in 1977 from a late Hongshan culture site at Da’nangou village, Jiefangyingzi township, Wengniute Banner, Inner Mongolia. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 4 (1997): 26, fig. 19. 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
