VesselsChinese5th-3rd millennium BCE

Pouring Vessel

c. 4300-2600 BCE

Description

Compressed ovoid vessel with long neck, flared mouth, and foliated spout; lightly burnished blackened earthenware. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Black earthenware

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE

Century

5th-3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 21.5 x Diam. 17.2 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/4 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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