2006.170.142: Globular jar
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.142
- Title
- Globular jar
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 戰國 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/198023
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gray earthenware
- Dimensions
- H. 37.9 x Diam. 41 cm (14 15/16 x 16 1/8 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 Louise Haskell Daly Fund
- Accession Year
- 2006
- Object Number
- 2006.170.142
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Large globular jar with short neck, broad shoulders, and lower portion tapering inward to a flat circular base; two bands of crosshatched decor encircle the shoulders and midsection; light gray earthenware with impressed decoration and lightly burnished surfaces.
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
Verification Level
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