Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.179: Cocoon shaped 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"Cocoon shaped jar , 2006.170.179,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/190850. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.179 Title Cocoon shaped jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 西漢 灰陶繭形壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 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/190850 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with incised decoration Dimensions H. 39.5 x W. 44.5 x D. 30.7 cm (15 9/16 x 17 1/2 x 12 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Galerie Gisèle Croës - Arts d'Extreme-Orient, Brussels, Belgium, April 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1997-2006), 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 Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.179 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 oblong horizontal vessel with body resembling the shape of a silkworm cocoon; short cylindrical neck and everted mouth rim with beveled edge at top center; elliptical body resting on circular, slightly splayed, circular pedestal foot; medium gray earthenware with incised bowstring lines encircling the body vertically. Commentary Compare to: (1) Earthenware cocoon-shaped jar with closely related bowstring-line decor excavated in 2003 from an early Western Han tomb near Zaoyuan village, Weiyang district, Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 12 (2003): 35, fig. 18. (2) Very similar cocoon-shaped jar excavated in 1991 from an early Western Han dynasty tomb near Mount Houlou in Tongshan county, Xuzhou, Jiangsu province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 4 (1993): 35, fig. 11. (3) Similar but smaller gray earthenware cocoon-shaped jar excavated from a Western Han site in Gaomingcun, Dali county, Shaanxi province, now in the Shaanxi History Museum. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 3: Qin, Han [Qin and Han dynasties] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 39, pp. 66 and 231. 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
