Small covered jar
c. 4300-2600 BCE
Description
Covered cylindrical jar with three small triangular tabs descending from a flat rim, the conical cover with conical-dish shaped knob; thinly potted gray earthenware with abstract decoration cold-painted in red pigment. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.
Dimensions
with cover: H. 12 x Diam. 8.4 cm (4 3/4 x 3 5/16 in.)
Provenance
[Nicholas Grindley, London, 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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