Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.49: Bird form vessel with anthropomorphic feet 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"Bird form vessel with anthropomorphic feet , 2006.170.49,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/189067. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.49 Title Bird form vessel with anthropomorphic feet Other Titles Original Language Title: 四壩文化 彩陶鷹形壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 2000-1600 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Gansu province Period Siba culture, c. 2000-1600 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/189067 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration Dimensions H. 29 x L. 50 x W. 30.5 cm (11 7/16 x 19 11/16 x 12 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History James D. Tigerman, Lake Forest, IL (by 1999); sold to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), 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 2006.170.49 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 container with body in the form of a bird standing on two booted anthropomorphic feet, a cylindrical spout projects from bird’s back; a small, rounded zoomorphic head is a recent modern replacement; buff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips. Siba culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region, probably Gansu province. Commentary Compare to: Vessel of similar footed-bird form, but of much smaller size, unearthed from a Siba site in Huoshaogou, Yumen, Gansu province, now in the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 2: Xia, Shang, Zhou, Chunqiu, Zhanguo [Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Warring States periods] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 64, pp. 81 and 244. 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
