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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