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Covered long-necked jar (hu)
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Covered jar with long cylindrical neck, wide shoulders, compressed body, and straight foot resting on a flat base, the slightly domed cover with finial in the form of a seated human figure playing a wind instrument; the vessel shoulders decorated with a molded frieze of tigers, dragons, and other mythical beasts striding amid clouds; red earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze, the undersides of the vessel and cover unglazed. One of a pair with 2006.170.204.A-B.
Department of Asian Art
[J.J. Lally & Co. New York December 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (1999-2006) 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 Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Title: Covered long-necked jar (hu)
Description:
Covered jar with long cylindrical neck, wide shoulders, compressed body, and straight foot resting on a flat base, the slightly domed cover with finial in the form of a seated human figure playing a wind instrument; the vessel shoulders decorated with a molded frieze of tigers, dragons, and other mythical beasts striding amid clouds; red earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze, the undersides of the vessel and cover unglazed.
One of a pair with 2006.
170.
204.
A-B.
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