Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.226: Tomb model of a stove with two figures 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"Tomb model of a stove with two figures , 2006.170.226,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/54917. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.226 Title Tomb model of a stove with two figures Other Titles Original Language Title: 南北朝 青瓷竈 Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 6th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Northern and Southern Dynasties period, 420-589 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/54917 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with celadon glaze Technique Celadon Dimensions H. 10.6 x W. 13.5 x D. 11.6 cm (4 3/16 x 5 5/16 x 4 9/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 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 Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.226 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 ceramic sculpture created as a tomb model representing a stove with two figures tending pots and pans; light gray stoneware with yellow green glaze over the exterior and underside. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably southern China. Commentary Compare to: (1) Celadon tomb model of virtually the same composition attributed to the Southern Dynasties period excavated in 1979 in Yongxiu county, Jiangxi province, now in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum. See Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 4: Sanguo, liang Jin, nanbei chao [Three-Kingdoms, Western and Eastern Jin, Northern and Southern dynasties] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 210, pp. 198 and 300. (2) Celadon tomb model of very similar composition attributed to the Southern Dynasties period in the Shanghai Museum collection. See ibid., no. 209, pp. 198 and 300. 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
