Jar with anthropomorphic feet
c. 2300-1500 BCE
Description
Small jar with short, constricted neck, globular body, two booted human feet, and two strap handles; gray earthenware with applique handles and feet and cord-impressed decoration. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia. Note: A sample taken from the handle of this vessel was thermoluminescence (TL) tested at Oxford Authentication Ltd. in November 1999 and determined to be consistent with the suggested period of manufacture.
Dimensions
H. 15.9 x Diam. 11.6 cm (6 1/4 x 4 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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