Majang ware urn

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Period
ca. 2000 BCE -
Geography
Gansu province, China -
Material
Earthenware with painted decoration -
Dimension
H x W x D: 24.5 x 21.2 x 21.2 cm (9 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1973.18 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1973.18
Object Details
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Description
Urn, with globular body, tall neck with everted mouth, and flat base. One strap handle, overlaid with a narrower strip of clay, longitudinally oriented, at the juncture of neck and shoulder; two-thirds down the urn on the other side is one small projection in the form of a vestigal handle, latitudinally oriented.Clay: buff earthenware; surface has many scratch marks and small holes.Glaze: none.Decoration: geometric design painted in black and dark reddish brown. The main zone, which occupies the upper three-quarters of the exterior, is defined by two horizontal bands, one running around the shoulder and the other one-quarter of the way around the base. The decoration of this zone consists of four large circles with identical decoration, separated by a supplementary motif of one pair of bifurcated curved lines at the bottom. The circles are filled with a design which consists of a cross whose four arms are traversed by six trellised bands; the spaces left within each circle are filled with four [drawing]-shaped motifs. Around the neck are two rows of tapering vertical lines. Around the interior of the neck are three rows of the saw-tooth motif, each of which increases in height. -
Origin
Gansu province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Anna C. Chennault -
Type
Vessel -
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