2006.170.141: Globular Jar with two loop handles

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2006.170.141

Title

Globular Jar with two loop handles

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/182489

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray stoneware with impressed decoration

Dimensions

H. 28.7 x Diam. 35.4 cm (11 5/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Nicholas Grindley, London, February 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

2006.170.141

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Large globular jar with broad shoulders, sides tapering inward to a flat base, and two lug handles on the shoulders with plaited decoration; light gray stoneware with stamped and impressed geometric decoration.

Commentary

Compare to:
Jar of similar form with closely related stamped decor and with similar animal-head handles attributed to the Warring States period in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco collection (accession no. B63P23+). See He Li, Chinese Ceramics: The New Standard Guide (London: Thames and Hudson, 1996), no. 36, pp. 66-67 and 109.

Subjects and Contexts

• Sedgwick Collection

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