Earthenware vessel with lug handles

Place of OriginChina

Date4800-3300 BCE

DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); W: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Depth: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

MediumEarthenware with painted basketweave pattern.

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family

Object number

2006.131

Not on View

DescriptionThe coiling method was used in creating this vessel and the lug handles were attached seperately.

Comparative ReferencesLee, Sherman, History of Far Eastern Art, Prentice Hall Inc.: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1982. [Ex. Cat.] Heavenly Earth, Early Chinese Ceramics from the Shatzman Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University: Ithica, NY, Curated by Ellen Avril, June 5 - August 22, 2004.