1931.15: Ovoid Jar with Two Loop Handles and Short, Flaring Neck, and with Geometric Decor
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1931.15
- Title
- Ovoid Jar with Two Loop Handles and Short, Flaring Neck, and with Geometric Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Majiayao cutlure, Banshan phase, 2650 BCE - 2350 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Neolithic period
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/206508
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Buff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
- Dimensions
- H. 25 x Diam. 16.5 cm (9 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. George A.L. Sarton
- Accession Year
- 1931
- Object Number
- 1931.15
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/14/2016 - 04/18/2016
- Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016
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