VesselsChinese2nd millennium BCE

Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck

c. 2000-1500 BCE

Description

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.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Gray earthenware with cold-painted decoration

Culture

Chinese

Period

Lower Xiajiadian culture, c. 2000-1500 BCE

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 18.2 x Diam. 17.4 x W. 17.9 cm (7 3/16 x 6 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[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.

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