Rounded bowl
Banpo phase, c. 5000-4000 BCE
Description
Deep hemispherical bowl with lower portion tapering inward to a slightly flattened convex base; red earthenware lightly burnished and decorated on the exterior around the lip with a wide band painted in a light-colored slip before firing; whitish encrustations from burial. Early Yangshao culture, Banpo type. From the middle Yellow River valley region, Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 8.3 x Diam. 15 cm (3 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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