Ovoid Storage Jar with Two Lug Handles, with Short Neck and Flaring Lip, and with Abstract Spiral Decor
VesselsChinese3rd millennium BCE

Ovoid Storage Jar with Two Lug Handles, with Short Neck and Flaring Lip, and with Abstract Spiral Decor

Majiayao cutlure, Banshan phase, 2650 BCE - 2350 BCE

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Buff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips, the surface burnished before firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
Culture
Chinese
Period
Neolithic period
Century
3rd millennium BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 30 x Diam. 33.4 cm (11 13/16 x 13 1/8 in.)

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