Large ovoid jar with ideographs | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.170.136
Title: Large ovoid jar with ideographs
Other Titles: Original Language Title: 戰國印紋陶罐
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/197666

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Red earthenware
Dimensions: H. 55.3 x Diam. 51.5 cm (21 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Galerie Gisèle Croës - Arts d'Extreme-Orient, Brussels, Belgium, June 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: 2006.170.136
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Large ovoid jar with short neck, broad shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a small flat circular base; red earthenware with fabric-impressed decoration and incised ideographs on the shoulder reading “duo huang”.

Subjects and Contexts

Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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2006.170.136: Large ovoid jar with ideographs