Conjoined jars
c. 2300-1500 BCE
Description
Small twin jars with short necks, globular bodies, and strap loop handles, the jars joined at the body, with an opening between them on the interior; buff earthenware with geometric decoration painted in orange-red slip. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
Dimensions
H. 15.8 x W. 19 x D. 14.5 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 5 11/16 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.
Related Artworks
View MoreTerracotta
5th century BCEGreek
Nickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGermanGlass, engraved and gilded
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
14th century BCEMycenaeanLight gray stoneware with blackened surfaces, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing
5th-3rd century BCEChineseMetal
18th centuryGermanEarthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration
3rd millennium BCEChineseImari celadon ware: fine-grained, light gray stoneware with decoration in cobalt blue under a celadon glaze
18th-19th centuryJapaneseSilver
17th centuryBritishTerracotta
5th centurySasanian