Basin
Majiayao phase, c. 3300-2650 BCE
Description
Circular basin with angled rim; buff earthenware with abstract decoration painted in black slip and white pigment; lightly burnished before firing. Majiayao culture, Majiayao type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
Dimensions
H. 11.6 x Diam. 25 cm (4 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Provenance
[The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Related Artworks
View MoreGlazed earthenware
20th centuryGermanPunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped decoration inlaid with white slip
15th centuryKoreanCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseTerracotta
Earthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseGreen-gray glaze on red earthenware(?); gold lacquer repairs on mouth and body
14th-15th centuryThaiCeramic
ChinesePunch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped decoration inlaid with white slip. Made in Sŏngju, North Kyŏngsang province, and reportedly recovered there.
15th centuryKorean