Vessel
ClassificationsFurnishings-Serviceware-vessels
Date5000-3000 BCE
Made AtShaanxi Province, China, Asia
Made AtHenan Province, China, Asia
MediumPainted ceramic
Dimensions9 × 7 1/2 in. (22.9 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. Lowell C. Martindale, Jr.
Object number97.119.1
DescriptionThis piece is painted with an intricate combination of zig-zag and horizontal lines, which were both popular in the northwest of China during the Neolithic period. The lower body of the vessel being left unadorned was also a signature of that region.The lower body of the jar was likely left blank because it was stored sunken into the ground, where any design could not have been appreciated. The vessel’s placement in the ground encouraged stability and lessened the possibility for spillage of the contents stored within.
On View
On view
18th to 19th Century
1532-1554
2600-2300 BCE
2600-2300 BCE
618-906 CE
1000-1600 CE
