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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Jar of Banshan Culture
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Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Culture

Chinese

Title

Jar of Banshan Culture

Period

Neolithic Period

Year

ca. 2500-2000 BCE

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

earthenware, polychromatic

Geography

Place Made: China; Place Made: Gansu Province

Dimensions

31.1 x 41.3 cm (12 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of C. T. Loo

Object Number

33.003

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Asian Art Galleries
Jun 10, 2014

Label copy

Skillfully formed by hand and beautifully painted with lozenge patterns typical of Banshan ceramics, this jar illustrates early Chinese ceramic manufacture and decoration. The Banshan culture existed within the Yangshao culture, which flourished in the Yellow River region during the Neolithic Period.

Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874-1960) probably purchased this particular jar; he also excavated pots of this type from a grave in a Banshan cemetery in 1924. Andersson explored a number of archaeological sites in China from 1921 to 1926, documenting how jars of this sort, which may have held offerings, were placed around a corpse.

Rockefeller Asian Art Gallery

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese
Jar of Banshan Culture, ca. 2500-2000 BCE
Earthenware with polychrome decoration
31.1 x 41.3 cm (12 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches)
Gift of C. T. Loo 33.003

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