VesselsChinese3rd millennium BCE

Small spouted jar with handle

Banshan phase, c. 2650-2300 BCE

Description

Small jar with short, tubular spout, rounded shoulders, sides tapering inward to a small, flat base, and with small strap handle; light gray earthenware with applique handle and applique and impressed decoration forming diagonal lines on the shoulders and horizontal lines on the lower body. Majiayao culture, Banshan type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; southern Ningxia province.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Earthenware with applique and impressed decoration

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, c. 3300-2000 BCE

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 11 x Diam. 12.5 cm (4 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, December 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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