Bottle
Majiayao phase, c. 3300-2650 BCE
Description
Small ovoid vessel with flared lip, cylindrical neck, sloping shoulders, lower body tapering inward to a small flat base, and two loop handles just below shoulders; buff earthenware lightly burnished and decorated with geometric designs painted in dark brown slip before firing; painted designs include undulating, horizontal lines encircling the neck and body and slightly curved, shark-tooth-like marks encircling the top of the rim. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
Dimensions
H. 22.8 x Diam. 14 x W. 15.5 cm (9 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/8 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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