Jar with cord-marked decor
c. 2300-1500 BCE
Description
Jar with trumpet-shaped, flared mouth, constricted neck, ovoid body, and two loop handles; reddish buff earthenware with applique handles and cord-impressed decoration. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
Dimensions
H. 32.5 x W. (across handles) 18.5 x Diam. 17 cm (12 13/16 x 7 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Provenance
[Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd., Tokyo, July 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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