Small Ovoid Jar with Two Strap Handles
c. 2300-1500 BCE
Description
Small jar with flared mouth, constricted neck, ovoid body, and two strap handles attached from rim to shoulders; reddish buff earthenware. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
Dimensions
H. 12 x W. 10.8 x Diam. 8.1 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)
Related Artworks
View MoreFritware painted with luster (copper and silver) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
12th-13th centuryMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseGray stoneware with stamped and incised decoration. Reportedly recovered in Hyŏnp'ung-myŏn, Talsŏng-gun, near Kyŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, in 1960.
7th-8th centuryKoreanBronze
8th century BCEIranianHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron), red (iron), and yellow-staining black (chromium) under clear lead glaze
10th centuryPersianCeramic
ChineseOff-white stoneware with combed and applique decoration and with traces of ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseBronze
8th-5th century BCECypriotPale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishMonochrome glazed porcelain: porcelain with black glaze
18th centuryChinese