Broad-shouldered jar
Banshan phase, c. 2650-2300 BCE
Description
Ovoid jar with short, cylindrical neck, broad shoulders, sides tapering inward to a small, flat base, and two strap lug handles positioned bilaterally just below the shoulder; buff earthenware burnished and decorated with geometric designs painted in black and burgundy slips before firing; painted designs include checkerboard cartouches and geometric saw-toothed whorls on the shoulders, and cross-hatching and triangular waves encircling the neck. Majiayao culture, Banshan type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
Dimensions
H. 42.3 x W. 45.5 x Diam. 42 cm (16 5/8 x 17 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Provenance
James D. Tigerman, Lake Forest, IL (by 1999); sold to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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