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Identification and Creation
Object Number
2006.170.10
Title
Large Bulbous Jar or Bottle with Flaring Lip and Abstract Décor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Majiayao culture, early phase, 4000-2900 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period
Culture
Chinese
Physical Descriptions
Medium
Buff earthenware with decoration painted in dark brown slip, the surface lightly burnished before firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; probably from Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province. Majiayao Culture, possibly Shinlingxia phase (4000-3600 BC), probably early Majiayao phase (3300-2900 BC).
Dimensions
H. 37.8 x Diam. 29 cm (14 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Provenance
[The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
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 the Acquisition of Oriental Art
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.170.10
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016

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