1996.306: Ovoid Jar with Short, Flaring Neck ('Wannian Hu')
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1996.306
- Title
- Ovoid Jar with Short, Flaring Neck ('Wannian Hu')
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: wan-nien hu
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 8th-9th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Tang dynasty, 618-907
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/198247
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- White ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H. 18.4 x Diam. 18.4 cm (7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ralph C. Marcove, M.D.
- Accession Year
- 1996
- Object Number
- 1996.306
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000
- Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
- Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022
Verification Level
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