c. 2000-1500 BCE
Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck, flared lip, and tall cylindrical foot; medium gray earthenware with incised border and with geometric decoration cold painted in red and white pigments. Lower Xiajiadian culture. From northeastern China; Inner Mongolia.
H. 18.2 x Diam. 17.4 x W. 17.9 cm (7 3/16 x 6 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2005] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2005-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong Sui'an shi yong"(Palace of Double Glory, used in the Room of Ease and Contentment) inscription incised on base at a later date
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16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
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11th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze polychrome enamels
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12th-13th centurySilver
19th centuryAmericanTerracotta
GreekSilver
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12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreek