SculptureChinese3rd millennium BCE

Small, Forward-Curving Sculpture Representing a Standing or Bowing Female Figure

Majiayao culture, Machang phase, 2350 - 2050 BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Buff earthenware with modeled, applique and stippled decoration, the surface darkened in firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; probably from Gansu or Qinghai province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 12 x W. 5.2 x D. 4.5 cm (4 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[The Chinese Procelain Company, New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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