2002.6: Circular Bowl with Flaring Pedestal Foot and Abstract Decor, the Decor Perhaps Representing Cowrie Shells
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2002.6
- Title
- Circular Bowl with Flaring Pedestal Foot and Abstract Decor, the Decor Perhaps Representing Cowrie Shells
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Majiayao culture, Machang phase, 2350 BCE - 2050 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Neolithic period
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/147441
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Buff earthenware with decoration painted in burgundy and black slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu or Qinghai province.
- Dimensions
- H. 8.5 x Diam. 18.5 cm (3 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Source: J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Provenance: Chang Wei-Hwa & Co., Taipei (Yunzhongju guwan, Taibei)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David Berg, Esq., by exchange
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.6
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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