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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.4
Title
Wide mouthed jar
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 仰韶文化半坡類型 陶小罐
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Banpo phase, c. 5000-4000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province
Period
Neolithic period, Yangshao culture, c. 5000-3000 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190809

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Earthenware with incised decoration
Dimensions
H. 10.9 x Diam. 17.9 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, August 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), 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 Asian Art
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.170.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Compressed ovoid, bowl-like vessel with wide mouth, everted rim, and lower body curving inward to a flat base; red earthenware textured below the rim with incised parallel horizontal lines encircling the body, created by incising the clay surface with a pointed implement before firing; remains of earth from burial on exterior and interior. Early Yangshao culture, Banpo type. From the middle Yellow River valley region, Shaanxi province.
Commentary
Compare to:
Jars of similar shape and textured surface were excavated in 1972 from a Banpo site in Jiangzhai, Lintong county, Shaanxi province. See Kaogu 3 (1973): 143, figs. 16.15 and 16.20, and pl. 4.2.

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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