Jar
Majiayao phase, c. 3300-2650 BCE
Description
Small ovoid vessel with flared lip, sloping shoulders, and body tapering inward to a small flat base; buff earthenware lightly burnished and decorated with geometric designs painted in dark brown slip before firing; painted designs include a frieze around the shoulder of dotted roundels interspersed with diagonal lines and bordered at top and bottom by horizontal, parallel lines encircling the neck and lower body. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
Dimensions
H. 14.5 x Diam. 13.5 cm (5 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Provenance
[The Chinese Procelain Company, New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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