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Jug with “owl-head” top
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Pouring vessel with ovoid body, short handle attached from rim to shoulder, and top in the form of a face with two eyes and an open mouth, said to resemble the head of an owl; buff earthenware with dark fire markings and with incised and applique decoration. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
Department of Asian Art
[J.J. Lally & Co. New York 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (2001-2006) partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2006.
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
Title: Jug with “owl-head” top
Description:
Pouring vessel with ovoid body, short handle attached from rim to shoulder, and top in the form of a face with two eyes and an open mouth, said to resemble the head of an owl; buff earthenware with dark fire markings and with incised and applique decoration.
Qijia culture.
From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
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