Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.141: Globular 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"Globular Jar with two loop handles , 2006.170.141,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/182489. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 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 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 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
