Earthenware vessel with lug handles
Earthenware vessel with lug handles
Place of OriginChina
Date4800-4300 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.
2655-2300 BCE
2300-2000 BCE
Unidentified, Gorgoneion Group
about 560 BCE
250 BCE - 225 CE
1000-750 BCE
Tang Dynasty (618-907), about 725
Predynastic Period, Naqada II-III, about 3500-3000 BCE
Tang Dynasty (618-907)
7th century BCE
Abbasid Period (750-1258)
Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
1st-4th century CE
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