Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.72: Tripod 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"Tripod jar , 2006.170.72,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/182487. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.72 Title Tripod jar Other Titles Original Language Title: 裴李崗文化 陶三足壺 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 6500-5000 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province Period Neolithic period, Peiligang culture, c. 6500-5000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/182487 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware Dimensions H. 20.1 x W. (across handles) 15.4 x Diam. 13.6 cm (7 15/16 x 6 1/16 x 5 3/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 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 2006.170.72 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 Ovoid jar with slightly flared neck and mouth, two loop handles at the shoulders, and three small, conical feet; red earthenware with dark gray irregular markings from firing. Peiligang culture. From the middle Yellow River valley region: Henan province. Commentary Compare to: Tripod vessels of similar form have been excavated from the Peiligang site in Xinzheng county, Henan province. See Yang Xiaoneng, New Perspectives on China’s Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, vol. 2 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004), 40, fig. 13a; Zhongguo taoci quanji [The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics], vol. 1: Xinshiqi shidai [Neolithic period] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2000), no. 4, pp. 57 and 248; and Kaogu jinghua Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo jiansuo sishinian jinian [Select Archaeological Finds, Album to the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences] (Beijing: Kexue chubanshe, 1993), 6, fig. 1. Publication History Ancient Chinese Ceramics & Tomb Sculpture, March 20 to April 8, 2000, auct. cat., J.J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY, 2000), no. 1 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
