11th century BCE
H. (without handle) 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Cast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover
11th century BCEChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast three-character inscription reading "Yao Zuo Yi" on the interior wall
11th-10th century BCEChineseCast bronze with olive-green patina; with inscription cast on the interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseEarthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze
14th-11th century BCEChineseEarthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseHarvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseRed earthenware
2nd millennium BCEChineseLightly burnished gray earthenware with modeled and appliqué decoration. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qing hai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware
2nd-1st millennium BCEChinese