Wine Jar
CultureChinese
DateHan dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)
MediumStoneware with incised decoration
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/4 × 9 1/2 inches (33.66 × 24.13 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-136/5
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DescriptionPolished black ware jar; the upper part is in the shape of a duck, with an opening in the top of the duck's head and incised eyes and feathers around the face.ProvenanceWith Celestin Liu, Peking (modern-day Beijing), China, by July 27, 1931 [1];
Purchased from Celestin Liu, through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] "Kansas City - Itemized Purchases in China and Japan, 1932," Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 28, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
Purchased from Celestin Liu, through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] "Kansas City - Itemized Purchases in China and Japan, 1932," Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 28, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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