Jar with cord-marked decor
c. 2300-1500 BCE
Description
Jar with trumpet-shaped, flared mouth, constricted neck, ovoid body, and two loop handles; reddish buff earthenware with applique handles and cord-impressed decoration. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
Dimensions
H. 24.4 x W. (across handles) 15.7 x Diam. 13.2 cm (9 5/8 x 6 3/16 x 5 3/16 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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