Jar cord marked decor
c. 2300-1500 BCE
Description
Jar with flared mouth, sloped shoulders, sides tapering inward to a flat base, and strap handles; red earthenware with applique handles and cord-impressed decoration. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
Dimensions
H. 50.6 x Diam. 31.7 cm (19 15/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Provenance
[Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, June 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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