- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2003.28
- Title
- Small, Compressed Globular Vessel with Lightly Flaring Spout, Strap Handle, and Animal-Head Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Qijia culture, 2200 BCE - 1500 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Neolithic period
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/93665
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Lightly burnished gray earthenware with modeled and appliqué decoration. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qing hai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
- Dimensions
- 8.6 x 13 x 11 cm (3 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
- Provenance
- William B. Goldstein, Wilton, CT purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New York
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of William B. Goldstein, M.D.
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.28
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Exhibition History
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Prehistoric Pottery from Northwest China, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016
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