Spouted jug with anthropomorphic top
VesselsChinese3rd-2nd millennium BCE

Spouted jug with anthropomorphic top

c. 2300-1500 BCE

Description

Pouring vessel with angular neck, ovoid body, strap handle attached from rim to shoulder, tubular spout, and opening in the form of a laughing human face; buff earthenware. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Earthenware
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qijia culture, c. 2300-1500 BCE
Century
3rd-2nd millennium BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 18.4 x Diam. 12.3 cm (7 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.)

Provenance

[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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