Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.251: Ewer with short spout 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"Ewer with short spout , 2006.170.251,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 30, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/174174. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.251 Title Ewer with short spout Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 褐釉執壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 8th-9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province, Tongchuan Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/174174 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with brown glaze Technique Black-brown glaze Dimensions H. 18.9 x W. (across handle and spout) 13.5 x Diam. 12.5 cm (7 7/16 x 5 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Priestley and Ferraro, London, May 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), 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 2006.170.251 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 Ewer with flared mouth, ovoid body, short tubular spout, and arching, double-strand handle; light gray stoneware with medium brown glaze, the glaze stopping short of the foot; base unglazed. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province. Commentary Compare to: White ware ewer of closely related form excavated in 1989 from a late Tang-dynasty tomb at Beizhai village, Jingxing mining district, Hebei province, now in the Shijiazhuang Museum, Hebei. Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 3: Hebei (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 49. 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
