Amphora Artist: Unknown

5th millenium B.C.E.

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Earthenware

Dimensions

15 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (40 × 24.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow

Accession Number

2017.54.19

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic, Yangshao culture, Banpo phase (5000–4500 B.C.E)

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Alberto Cheung, New York; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., October, 2002; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2017), 17
  • Regina Krahl, Dawn of the Yellow Earth: Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, exh. cat. (New York: Chinese Institute, NYC, 2000), 52
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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amphorae

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