VesselsChinese2nd millennium BCE

Wide-mouthed jar with two strap handles

c. 2000-1600 BCE

Description

Small globular jar with flared mouth, long neck, wide body, lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base, and with two strap handles attached from rim to shoulders; buff earthenware with geometric decoration painted in black slip on the rim, neck, body, and handles; small fragments of turquoise inlaid into dots of black adhesive around the neck and at the ends of the handles. Siba culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region, probably Gansu province.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Earthenware with slip-painted decoration and turquoise inlays

Culture

Chinese

Period

Siba culture, c. 2000-1600 BCE

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 12.2 x W. (across handles) 9.4 x Diam. 8.8 cm (4 13/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Provenance

[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.