1942.171: Circular Basin with Abstract, Undulating Decor
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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
- Permissions
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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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