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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.109
Title
Wide-mouthed jar
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/178615

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Grayish buff earthenware
Dimensions
H. 13 x W. (across handles) 15.5 x Diam. 12.6 cm (5 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 15/16 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
2006.170.109
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Jar with wide mouth, lipless rim, and sides tapering inward to a small, flat base; two small lug handles with pierced circular openings at the rim; body with lightly impressed cord markings in a crosshatched pattern grayish buff earthenware with applique handles and impressed decoration. 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. 15.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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