Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.25: Rounded Bowl 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"Rounded Bowl , 2006.170.25,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/149543. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.25 Title Rounded Bowl Other Titles Original Language Title: 馬家窯文化馬家窯類型 彩陶鉢 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date Majiayao phase, c. 3300-2650 BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, c. 3300-2000 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/149543 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with slip-painted decoration Dimensions H. 9.5 x Diam. 20.3 cm (3 3/4 x 8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), 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 2006.170.25 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 Deep bowl with straight sides and lower portion tapering inward to small flat base; buff earthenware with geometric decoration painted in black slip and white pigment. Majiayao culture, Majiayao type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province. Commentary Compare to: (1) Bowl with similar bichrome painted designs excavated in 1978 from a Majiayao site in upper Sunjia, Datong county, Qinghai province, now in the collection of the Qinghai Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Team. See Zhang Pengchuan, Zhongguo caitao tu pu [Handbook of Chinese Painted Pottery Illustrations] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1990), no. 240. (2) Bowl of related form with similar painted designs excavated in 1976 from a Majiayao site in Datong county, Qinghai province. See Qinghao caitao [Painted Pottery from Qinghai] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1980), no. 10, p. 10, and color pl. 5. 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
