Small Jar | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.170.75
Title: Small Jar
Other Titles: Original Language Title: 大汶口文化黑陶壺
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 4300-2600 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/189205

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black earthenware
Dimensions: H. 14.3 x Diam. 10.9 cm (5 5/8 x 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 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: 2006.170.75
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Small jar with flared neck and mouth, ovoid body, and lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base; lightly burnished blackened earthenware with horizontal indentations on the body. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.

Subjects and Contexts

Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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2006.170.75: Small Jar