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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.43
Title
Fragment of the Cylindrical Base of a Short Pedestaled Vessel, the Base with Circular Peforations in Five Registers
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/202004

Physical Descriptions

Medium
High-fired gray earthenware
Dimensions
11.7 x 10.6 cm (4 5/8 x 4 3/16 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
1984.43
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. X-1

Verification Level

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