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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.255
Title
Amphora with Flaring Mouth and Two Lug Handles and with Cord-Marked 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/99837

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Reddish buff earthenware with appliqué handles and cord-impressed decoration. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
Dimensions
44 x 28.2 x 24.5 cm (17 5/16 x 11 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Source: The Chinese Porcelain Company

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.255
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Elizabeth LaDuc, "Technical Study of Chinese Ceramics from the Qijia Culture (c.2200-1600 BCE)" (2016)
  • Elizabeth LaDuc and Angela Chang, "Analysis and Replication Studies of Prehistoric Chinese Ceramics from the Qijia Culture", MRS Advances (2017), vol. 2, pp. 1849-1867, figs. 1, 6, 15

Exhibition History

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