From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Circular Basin with Everted Lip and Abstract Décor

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.170.17
Title: Circular Basin with Everted Lip and Abstract Décor
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, 3300-2900 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; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
Dimensions: H. 11 x Diam. 30.5 cm (4 5/16 x 12 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: 2006.170.17
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
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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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