Bowl
Banpo phase, c. 5000-4000 BCE
Description
Large deep bowl with angled sides, the base flat with a lightly concave center; red earthenware lightly burnished and decorated on the exterior around the lip with a wide band painted in pale brown slip before firing; encrustations from burial. Early Yangshao culture, Banpo type. From the middle Yellow River valley region, Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 13 x Diam. 21.2 cm (5 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Provenance
[The Chinese Porcelain Company, 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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