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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.133
Title
Jar with spout
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/191329

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray stoneware
Dimensions
H. 23.8 x W. (across spout) 38.2 x Diam. 34.3 cm (9 3/8 x 15 1/16 x 13 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Buttlefield & Butterfield, San Francisco, May 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
2006.170.133
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Large ovoid jar with curved spout at shoulder, with impressed basket-weave decor covering the body, two applique scrolls at the shoulder, and a braided applique at the spout; light gray stoneware with stamped and applique decoration.

Publication History

  • Fine Asian Works of Art, 5 May 1999 (sale number 69770), auct. cat., Butterfield & Butterfield (San Francisco, 1999), lot no. 2705

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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