Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.95: Jar with four lug handles 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"Jar with four lug handles , 2006.170.95,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/196996. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.95 Title Jar with four lug handles Other Titles Original Language Title: 山東龍山文化 黑陶罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 2600-2000 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shandong province Period Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan culture, c. 2600-2000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/196996 Physical Descriptions Medium Black earthenware Dimensions H. 17.5 x Diam. 22 x W. 19.1 cm (6 7/8 x 8 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.) (across handles) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, September 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), 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 2006.170.95 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 Jar with compressed globular body, slightly tapered neck, similarly tapered circular, well-finished, slightly concave base, and four striated lug handles; lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised bowstring lines and applique handles. Longshan culture; from Shandong province. Commentary Compare to: Black pottery covered vessel with similar lug handles excavated in 1974 from a Longshan site at Sanlihe, Jiaoxian, Shandong province, now in the Chinese History Museum, Beijing. See Zhongguo taoci quanji (The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics), vol. 1: Xinshiqi shidai (Neolithic period) (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 204, pp. 213 and 314. 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
