Pedestal dish
c. 2600-2000 BCE
Description
Circular dish on a tall hallow pedestal that widens toward the foot; lightly burnished blackened earthenware. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.
Dimensions
H. 17.8 x D. 24.5 cm (7 x 9 5/8 in.)
Provenance
[Zetterquist Gallery, New York, August 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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