Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.54: Small Ovoid Jar with Two Strap Handles 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"Small Ovoid Jar with Two Strap Handles , 2006.170.54,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/317251. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.54 Title Small Ovoid Jar with Two Strap Handles Other Titles Original Language Title: 齊家文化 陶雙耳罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 2300-1500 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Qijia culture, c. 2300-1500 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/317251 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware Dimensions H. 12 x W. 10.8 x Diam. 8.1 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.) 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 2006.170.54 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 Small jar with flared mouth, constricted neck, ovoid body, and two strap handles attached from rim to shoulders; reddish buff earthenware. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia. Commentary Compare to: Jar of the same form but with painted designs excavated in 1976 from a Qijia site in upper Sunjiazhai, Datong county, Qinghai province, now in the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. See Zhongguo taoci quanji (The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics), vol. 1: Xinshiqi shidai (Neolithic period) (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 143, pp. 166 and 294. Publication History Elizabeth LaDuc, "Technical Study of Chinese Ceramics from the Qijia Culture (c.2200-1600 BCE)" (2016) Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Works Straus.8940 X-radiograph(s) of "Small Ovoid Jar with Two Strap Handles" Photographs 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
