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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.148
Title
Double-Handled Jar with Volute Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
3rd-2nd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Sichuan province
Period
Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198104

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray earthenware with incised and cold-painted decoration
Dimensions
H. 29.7 x W. 30 x Diam. 26 cm (11 11/16 x 11 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.148
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • James Cuno, ed., A Decade of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions by the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, Mass., Spring 2000), p. 10

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