Wide mouthed jar
Banpo phase, c. 5000-4000 BCE
Description
Compressed ovoid vessel with wide mouth, thickened lip, and body curving inward to a flat base; red earthenware textured extensively below the plain lip with abstract patterns created by impressing the clay surface repeatedly with an implement before firing; remains of earth from burial encrusted over the entirety of the vessel. Early Yangshao culture, Banpo type. From the middle Yellow River valley region, Shaanxi province.
Dimensions
H. 14.2 x Diam. 22 cm (5 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Provenance
[The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2003] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2003-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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