Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.2: Amphora with flat base Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Amphora with flat base , 2006.170.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/146554. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.2 Title Amphora with flat base Other Titles Original Language Title: 仰韶文化苗底溝類型 陶平底瓶 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Miaodigou phase, c. 4000-3500 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Yangshao culture, c. 5000-3000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/146554 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with incised and combed decoration Dimensions H. 59.8 x W. 25 (across handles) x Diam. 20.5 cm (23 9/16 x 9 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [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. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.2 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Tall, elongated vessel with small, bell-shaped mouth, narrow neck, sloping shoulders, slightly rounded midsection, sides tapering inward to a flat, circular base, and two strap handles forming loops just below shoulders; reddish buff earthenware textured with abstract linear designs from neck to foot, created by combing and scraping the moist clay surface before firing; mottled with dark patches. Yangshao culture, Miaodigou type. From the upper or middle Yellow River valley regions, possibly Shaanxi or eastern Gansu province. Commentary Compare to: (1) Amphora of virtually identical shape and decor excavated from a Miaodigou site in Yangguanzhai, outside of Xi’an Shaanxi province. See Kaogu yu wenwu [Archaeology and Cultural Relics] 6 (2011): 21-22, fig. 12.4. (2) Amphora of very similar shape and decor excavated in Quanhucun, Huanxian county, Shaanxi province. See Kaogu xuebao [Acta Archaeologlca Sinica] 1 (1965): 65, fig. 10.1. (3) Cord-marked amphora excavated in Dadiwan, Qin’an county, Gansu province. See Zhongguo shehui kexue yuan, Kaogu yanjiusuo [Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences], Qin’an Dadiwan: Xinshiqi shidai yizhi fajue baogao [Dadiwan in Qin'an: Report on Excavations at a Neolithic Site], vol. 2 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 2006), CCVI, pl. 2. (4) Cord-marked amphora with similarly narrow proportions and narrow mouth opening but with pointed base excavated from a site in Shizhaocun, Tianshui, Gansu province. See Zhongguo shehui kexue yuan, Kaogu yanjiusuo [Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences], Shizhaocun yu Xishanping, (Beijing: Zhongguo dabaike quanshu chubanshe, 1999), 31, fig. 20 and pl. 8.3. Exhibition History Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
