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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.6
Title
Circular Bowl with Flaring Pedestal Foot and Abstract Decor, the Decor Perhaps Representing Cowrie Shells
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Majiayao culture, Machang phase, 2350 BCE - 2050 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147441

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Buff earthenware with decoration painted in burgundy and black slips. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu or Qinghai province.
Dimensions
H. 8.5 x Diam. 18.5 cm (3 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Source: J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Provenance: Chang Wei-Hwa & Co., Taipei (Yunzhongju guwan, Taibei)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David Berg, Esq., by exchange
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.6
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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