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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.87
Title
Pouring vessel
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 山東龍山文化 黑陶壺
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 2600 - 2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan culture, c. 2600-2000 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317238

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black earthenware
Dimensions
H. 21.6 x Diam. 15.4 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Zetterquist Gallery, New York, September 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), 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
2006.170.87
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Compressed ovoid vessel with long neck, flared mouth, and foliated spout; lightly burnished blackened earthenware. Perhaps Shandong Longshan culture, Shandong province.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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