Pouring vessel
c. 2600 - 2000 BCE
Description
Compressed ovoid vessel with long neck, flared mouth, and foliated spout; lightly burnished blackened earthenware. Perhaps Shandong Longshan culture, Shandong province.
Dimensions
H. 21.6 x Diam. 15.4 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[Zetterquist Gallery, New York, September 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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