Wide mouthed jar
Banpo phase, c. 5000-4000 BCE
Description
Compressed ovoid, bowl-like vessel with wide mouth, everted rim, and lower body curving inward to a flat base; red earthenware textured below the rim with incised parallel horizontal lines encircling the body, created by incising the clay surface with a pointed implement before firing; remains of earth from burial on exterior and interior. Early Yangshao culture, Banpo type. From the middle Yellow River valley region, Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 10.9 x Diam. 17.9 cm (4 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, August 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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