2006.170.23: Long-necked jar
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2006.170.23
- Title
- Long-necked jar
- Other Titles
- Original Language Title: 馬家窯文化馬家窯類型 彩陶壺
- 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/174432
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Earthenware with slip-painted decoration
- Dimensions
- H. 23.2 x W. (across handles) 20.5 x Diam. 16 cm (9 1/8 x 8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Eskenazi, Ltd., London, April 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
- 2006.170.23
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Ovoid jar with flared lip, cylindrical neck, broad shoulders, sides tapering inward to a flat base, and two lug handles beneath shoulders; 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.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/14/2016 - 04/18/2016
- Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016
Subjects and Contexts
- Sedgwick Collection
Verification Level
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