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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.171
Title
Circular Basin with Abstract, Undulating Decor
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
Majiayao culture, Majiayao phase, 3300 BCE -2900 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Neolithic period
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205648

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Buff earthenware with decoration painted in dark brown slip, the surface burnished before firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province; probably Gansu province.
Dimensions
H. 11.8 x Diam. 26.6 cm (4 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. George A.L. Sarton
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.171
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 48, no. 2
  • Clarence Shangraw, Origins of Chinese Ceramics, exh. cat., China House Gallery (New York, NY, 1978), p. 64, no. 15

Exhibition History

  • Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

Verification Level

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