Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.137: Globular jar with S curve handleGlobular jar with S curve handle 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"Globular jar with S curve handleGlobular jar with S curve handle , 2006.170.137,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/182446. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.137 Title Globular jar with S curve handleGlobular jar with S curve handle Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國 印紋硬陶罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 5th-3rd century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/182446 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray stoneware Dimensions H. 12.2 x W. (across handle) 19.9 x Diam. 16.8 cm (4 13/16 x 7 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 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 2006.170.137 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 Globular jar with wide circular mouth, thin upright lip, a small movable ring on the shoulder, and a vertical S-curve strap handle on the opposite shoulder attached with a strut, the handle incised with crosshatching and embellished with applied scroll motifs; light gray stoneware with fabric-impressed decor over the body. Commentary Compare to: Gray earthenware vessel of very similar form, with same textured surface and S-curve strap handle excavated in 1964 from a Warring States period tomb at Qijiatun, Jinshan county, Shanghai, now in the Shanghai Museum collection. See Treasures from the Shanghai Museum: 6,000 Years of Chinese Art, René-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argencé, ed. (San Francisco: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and Shanghai: Shanghai Museum, 1983), cat. 45, pp. 87 and 155. Publication History Ancient Chinese Ceramics & Tomb Sculpture, March 20 to April 8, 2000, auct. cat., J.J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY, 2000), no. 8 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
