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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.50
Title
Fragment of the Cylindrical Base of a Short Pedestalled Vessel, the Base with Horizontal Bands in Relief and with Small Circular Perforations
Classification
Fragments
Work Type
sherd
Date
3rd millennium BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201830

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blackened buff and gray earthenware
Dimensions
7.2 x 16.4 cm (2 13/16 x 6 7/16 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
1984.50
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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Neolithic Ceramics" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1989), Unpublished, passim

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