Footed bowl
Majiayao phase, c. 3300-2650 BCE
Description
Bowl with vertical side walls rising to a rimless mouth and lower portion angled sharply inward toward a circular pedestal foot with upturned edges; buff earthenware with geometric decoration in black slip, embellished with white dots and accent lines; decoration includes dotted roundels and crescent shapes on the interior, and fishnet patterns on the exterior. Majiayao culture, Majiayao type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
Dimensions
H. 9.2 x Diam. 15.3 cm (3 5/8 x 6 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, March 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Related Artworks
View MoreTerracotta
1st century CERomanTerracotta
7th century BCEGreekPale green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanGreen-dipped jasperware with figures and decoration in white jasperware
18th-19th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryBritishReddish earthenware covered in whitish slip and painted with green (chromium) slip under clear lead glaze
10th centuryGray stoneware with stamped decoration and splashes of natural ash glaze
7th-8th centuryKoreanEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseEarthenware painted in black slip on white ground under transparent glaze
10th centuryPersianNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing; "Yangxin dian Dongnuan ge louxia yong" (Hall of Mental Cultivation, used in the East Heated Chamber, main floor) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th-7th centuryByzantine