VesselsChinese2nd-1st century BCE

Covered tripod jar

2nd century BCE

Description

Compressed globular jar with two loop handles and three flanged feet; cover slightly domed with loop knob at center and side walls slightly splayed, creating a bell-like silhouette; gray earthenware with three bands of incised horizontal lines encircling the body and abstract decorative patterns impressed between the upper bands and on the lid.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Earthenware with impressed decoration

Culture

Chinese

Period

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

Century

2nd-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 13.3 x W. (across handles) 14.2 x Diam. 13.4 cm (5 1/4 x 5 9/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd., Tokyo, July 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.