2006.170.229.A-B: Covered jar with lotus petal decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2006.170.229.A-B

Title

Covered jar with lotus petal decor

Other Titles

Original Language Title: 南北朝至隋 青瓷蓋罐

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

6th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420-589) to Sui dynasty (581-618)

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/176962

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Technique

Celadon

Dimensions

with cover: H. 22.9 x Diam. 21.5 cm (9 x 8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), 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

2006.170.229.A-B

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Covered spherical jar with lower portion tapering inward to a flat base, shoulders taper inward to a short, vertical mouth rim; six squared lug handles encircle the shoulder in alternating configurations of single- and double-lugs; lightly carved stylized lotus-petal decor encircles the belly with petal tips pointing down toward the foot; lightly incised horizontal lines encircle the waist and shoulder; lid is gently domed and topped with a flat, square finial; carved stylized lotus-petals radiate from the center finial; light gray stoneware with light green celadon glaze; glaze stops short of the foot; base unglazed. Place of manufacture uncertain.

Commentary

Compare to:
(1) Covered celadon jar of virtually identical form, with same squared lug handles, incised decor, and lid attributed to the late Northern and Southern Dynasties period (420-589) excavated in 1983 at Tuanhu village, Ruanqiao township, Cizhou, Anhui province, now in the Guichi District Office for the Management of Cultural Relics in Cizhou. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 8: Anhui (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 45.
(2) Celadon jar of closely related form and decor, but with rounded lug handles and missing lid dated to the sixth century and attributed to the Xiangyin kilns in Hunan excavated in 1993 in Chenzhou city, Hunan province, now in the Chenzhou Office for the Management and Preservation of Cultural Relics. See Zhongguo chutu ciqi quanji [Complete Collection of Chinese Ceramics Unearthed in China], vol. 13: Hubei Hunan (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 2008), no. 141.

Subjects and Contexts

• Sedgwick Collection

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