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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.101
Title
Fragment of the Flaring Base of a Pedestaled Vessel, the Base with Horiztonal Lines in Relief
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
c. 3000 BCE-c. 2000 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201486

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Low-fired blackened gray earthenware, the surface burnished before firing
Dimensions
15 x 10.4 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art in honor of Professor Max Loehr
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.101
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sidney M. Kaplan, "Early Pottery from the Liang Chu Site, Chekiang province", Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America (New York, NY, 1948 -1949), vol. III, Pl. VI-2
  • Andrzej Dajnowski, "Analytical Examination of Chinese Liangzhu Neolithic Ceramics" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1989), Unpublished, passim

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