Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.168.A-B: Lacquer-coated wide-bodied jar 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"Lacquer-coated wide-bodied jar , 2006.170.168.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/189739. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.168.A-B Title Lacquer-coated wide-bodied jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 戰國/西漢 漆繪陶壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 3rd-2nd century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/189739 Physical Descriptions Medium Lacquered earthenware Technique Lacquered Dimensions H. 34.1 x Diam. 32.4 cm (13 7/16 x 12 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, April 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 2006.170.168.A-B 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 Covered wide-bellied jar with broad shoulders slanting inward to a waisted cylindrical neck crowned by a flattened, everted mouth rim; lower half of vessel walls slant inward to a small flat base; conical lid with finial knob at center; wide plain band raised in low-relief encircles the vessel just below the shoulder, two narrow bands in relief encircle the neck; light gray earthenware with molded elements covered all over with dark brown lacquer. Commentary Compare to: (1) Covered of the same form but with no lacquer coating excavated in 1992 from an early Western Han tomb in Xiaojia caochang, Jingzhou, Hubei province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 6 (1999): 45, fig. 39. (2) Covered, storage jar with geometric pattern but no lacquer coating excavated in 1975 from an early Western Han tomb in Jiangling, Hubei province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 10 (1976): pl. 2.2. (3) A set of lacquer coated ceramics of various shapes excavated in 1987 from an early Western Han tomb in Huoshan County, Anhui province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 9 (1991): pl. 5.2-6. Publication History Kaikodo Journal, Vol. 12 (Autumn 1999), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 1999), no. 44, pp. 188-189 and 300-301 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
