Small Jar
c. 4300-2600 BCE
Description
Small jar with elongated neck and flared lip; lightly burnished black earthenware. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.
Dimensions
H. 11.5 x Diam. 10 cm (4 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, June 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Related Artworks
View MoreGray stoneware with incised decoration
7th centuryKoreanGrayish brown agate with dark brown mottles
19th centuryChineseTurned bronze
13th-15th centuryKoreanCeramic
18th centuryGermanCeramic
20th centurySwedishTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekGray stoneware with combed decoration. Reportedly recovered near Kongju, South Ch'ungch'ong province.
6th-7th centuryKoreanSilver-plated brass
20th centuryGermanHorn
17th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with emerald-green enamel over crackled glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseEnameled ware, 'fencai' type: porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Qing Qianlongnian zhi' in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseBronze
6th-4th century BCEAchaemenid