Wide-mouthed jar
Hongshan culture, late phase, 3500-3000 BCE
Description
Jar with wide mouth, lipless rim, and sides tapering inward to a small, flat base; two small lug handles with pierced circular openings at the rim; body with lightly impressed cord markings in a crosshatched pattern grayish buff earthenware with applique handles and impressed decoration. Hongshan culture. From northeastern China; Liaoning province or Inner Mongolia.
Dimensions
H. 13 x W. (across handles) 15.5 x Diam. 12.6 cm (5 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, September 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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