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Source Description
This Neolithic Chinese vessel has an ovoid body with two handles. Its neck is short and splays outward into a wide opening. It is decorated with a continuous lozenge motif. The material is a fine, reddish-buff clay slightly polished and then painted in black and red.
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111813
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Vase
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111813
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object
title
Vase
description
This Neolithic Chinese vessel has an ovoid body with two handles. Its neck is short and splays outward into a wide opening. It is decorated with a continuous lozenge motif. The material is a fine, reddish-buff clay slightly polished and then painted in black and red.
date
c. 3000–2500 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q80004367
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Ceramic
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1
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Diameter of mouth: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
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China, Gansu province, Neolithic period
accession
1930.333
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earthenware with slip coating and painted decoration
tombstone
Vase, c. 3000–2500 BCE. China, Gansu province, Neolithic period. Earthenware with slip coating and painted decoration; diameter of mouth: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1930.333
collection
China - Neolithic
citations
citation
"Two Chinese Neolithic Vessels." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>18, no. 7 (July 1931): 148–149.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 148
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Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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2026-05-29 05:55:20.652000
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111813
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Chinese Art
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China - Neolithic
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earthenware with slip coating and painted decoration
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