Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.129: Jar 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"Jar , 2006.170.129,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/54471. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.129 Title Jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 西周 原始青瓷罐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 9th-8th century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/54471 Physical Descriptions Medium Proto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze Dimensions H. 22.2 x Diam. 19.2 cm (8 3/4 x 7 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 2004] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2004-2006), 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 Louise Haskell Daly Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.129 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 Jar with articulated lip, straight sides, and flat base; light gray stoneware with thin olive-green ash glaze over incised and applique decoration. From Jiangsu or Zhejiang province. Commentary Compare to: Jar of different form but with similar decoration and glaze excavated from a Western Zhou site in Longyou county, Quzhou, Zhejiang province, now in the Quzhou Museum. 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. 100, pp. 112 and 256. 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
