Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.113: Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck , 2006.170.113,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/20978. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.113 Title Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck Other Titles Original Language Title: 夏家店下層文化 彩繪陶罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 2000-1500 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu) Period Lower Xiajiadian culture, c. 2000-1500 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/20978 Physical Descriptions Medium Gray earthenware with cold-painted decoration Dimensions H. 18.2 x Diam. 17.4 x W. 17.9 cm (7 3/16 x 6 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2005] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2005-2006), 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 2006.170.113 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck, flared lip, and tall cylindrical foot; medium gray earthenware with incised border and with geometric decoration cold painted in red and white pigments. Lower Xiajiadian culture. From northeastern China; Inner Mongolia. Commentary Compare to: Jar of similar form and decoration excavated from a Lower Xiajiadian site at Dadianzi, Chifeng Aohan banner, Inner Mongolia, now in the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 2: Xia, Shang, Zhou, Chunqiu, Zhanguo [Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Warring States periods] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 83, pp. 97 and 250. Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
