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Long-necked jar (hu)

Long-necked jar (hu)

VesselsChinese1st century BCE-1st century CE

Long-necked jar (hu)

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Description

Globular jar with flared mouth, cylindrical neck, globular body, lower portion of body tapering inward to a countersunk base, and two loop supports for simulated ring handles on the shoulders; three horizontal ridged borders encircle the shoulders, creating wide horizontal friezes with decoration of stylized animals and scrolling clouds; light gray stoneware with thin natural ash glaze over top portion of vessel, the lower half and base unglazed. One of a pair with 2006.170.209.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Proto-porcelain ware: stoneware with natural ash glaze

Culture

Chinese

Period

Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE

Century

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 42.5 x Diam. 37.6 cm (16 3/4 x 14 13/16 in.)

Provenance

[The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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