Painted amphora

Place of OriginChina

Date2330-2055 BCE

DimensionsH: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm); W: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); Depth: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)

MediumEarthenware with painted pattern.

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family

Object number

2006.130

Not on View

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. Neolithic jars with Similar Diaper Designs are Illustrated by Palmergren in 'Kansu Mortuary Urns of the Pan Shan and Ma Chang Groups' palaeontologia Sinica, series D, Vol III, Fasc 1, pl. XXVIII, fig 2-5. For a Very Similar but Larger Neolithic jar see: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Sotheby's, New York, 29th November 1988, Lot 75.