Flat backed jarFlat backed jar
VesselsChinese5th-3rd millennium BCE

Flat backed jarFlat backed jar

c. 4300-2600 BCE

Description

Jar with flared mouth, cylindrical neck, ovoid body flattened on one side, two small loop handles on the shoulders, bordering the flattened back, pointed tab on the front, and flat base; lightly burnished, blackened earthenware with applique elements. 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. 16.4 x W. 11 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16 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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