VesselsChinese3rd millennium BCE

Pedestal dish

c. 2600-2000 BCE

Description

Circular dish on a tall hallow pedestal that widens toward the foot; lightly burnished blackened earthenware. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Black earthenware

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan culture, c. 2600-2000 BCE

Century

3rd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 17.8 x D. 24.5 cm (7 x 9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[Zetterquist Gallery, 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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