Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.203: Funerary Model of a Granary Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Funerary Model of a Granary , 2006.170.203,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/317263. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.203 Title Funerary Model of a Granary Other Titles Original Language Title: 西漢 色釉陶倉 Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1st century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/317263 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with green lead glaze Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 26 x Diam. 17.9 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History David Hill, USA (by 1996) sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1996-2006), 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 2006.170.203 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 Ceramic model of a cylindrical granary with angled, tiled roof and with three short legs, each in the form of a crouching bear; red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded decoration. Commentary Compare to: (1) Yellow-green lead-glazed covered granary model of closely related form excavated in 2004 from a late Western Han brick tomb near in Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 10 (2012): 97, pl. 4. (2) Green lead-glazed granary model of very similar form excavated in 1956 from a late Western Han dynasty brick tomb near Hansenzhai village, Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 5 (1960): 72, pl. 3. (3) Yellow lead-glazed covered granary model with tiled roof and three bear-shaped legs excavated in 2004 from a late Western Han dynasty brick tomb near in Yuejiazhai village near Xi’an, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 5 (2006): 32, fig. 56. 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
