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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.184
Title
Spherical Jar with Cord-Marked Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
8th-5th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206188

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Medium gray earthenware with decoration applied with a cord-wrapped paddle; with impressed seal at shoulder
Dimensions
H. 24.5 x Diam. 23 cm (9 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1937
Object Number
1937.184
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 51, no. 17
  • Seiichi Mizuno, "Sekai toji zenshu (Catalogue of World's Ceramics)", Kawade Shobo (Tokyo, Japan, 1955), pl. 47
  • Ceramic Art of China, exh. cat., Oriental Ceramics Society (London, England, 1971), pg. 55, no. 9; illus. Pl. 8

Exhibition History

  • Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

Verification Level

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