VesselsChinese3rd-2nd millennium BCE
Spouted jugSpouted jug
c. 2300-1500 BCE
Description
Pouring vessel with angular neck, ovoid body, short, tubular spout, and triangular opening; buff earthenware. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
Dimensions
H. 36.2 x Diam. 20 cm (14 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, June 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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