Waisted Jar (Steamer) | Yale University Art Gallery

early 3rd millennium B.C.

Medium: Earthenware with slip and incised decoration
Dimensions: 8 9/16 × 8 7/8 in. (21.8 × 22.5 cm)
other (diameter of rim): 6 11/16 in. (17 cm)
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
Accession Number: 2000.74.3
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Neolithic, Dawenkou culture (4300–2400 B.C.E.)
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Walter Hochstadter, (dealer, 1914–2007), New York, Adelaide, Australia; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2000

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Additional information

Object/Work type

jars, steamers (cookware)

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