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Jar with four lug handles

Jar with four lug handles

VesselsChinese3rd millennium BCE

Jar with four lug handles

c. 2600-2000 BCE

Description

Jar with compressed globular body, slightly tapered neck, similarly tapered circular, well-finished, slightly concave base, and four striated lug handles; lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised bowstring lines and applique handles. 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. 17.5 x Diam. 22 x W. 19.1 cm (6 7/8 x 8 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.) (across handles)

Provenance

[Kaikodo, New York, September 1998] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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