Mallet shaped bottle
VesselsChinese5th-3rd millennium BCE

Mallet shaped bottle

c. 4300-2600 BCE

Description

Small bottle with flared mouth, cylindrical neck, angled shoulders, cylindrical body, and flat base; buff earthenware with traces of decoration painted in red pigment. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Earthenware with traces of painted decor
Culture
Chinese
Period
Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE
Century
5th-3rd millennium BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 15 x Diam. 7.1 cm (5 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)

Provenance

[Nicholas Grindley, London, March 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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