Small jar with three strap handles
c. 2300-1500 BCE
Description
Small hourglass-shaped jar with flared mouth, constricted waist, and flared lower half; with three strap handles attached from lip to base; thinly potted red earthenware with applique handles and traces of cinnabar. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
Dimensions
H. 9.4 x W. (across handles) 11 x Diam. 9 cm (3 11/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Provenance
[James Freeman, Kyoto, July 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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