Wide-mouthed jar with pointed base
Shijia phase, c. 4000 BCE
Description
Deep pear-shaped vessel with lightly flared thickened lip, rounded bottom, and flattened conical projection at base; red earthenware lightly burnished on the exterior and decorated with a chevron-pattern painted in black slip before firing; interior with encrustations of earth from burial. Early middle Yangshao culture, Shijia type. From the middle Yellow River valley region, Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 19.5 x Diam. (across body) 17 cm (7 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2004] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2004-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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