Vase
Unknown Artist
c. 3000–2500 BCE
Medium
earthenware with slip coating and painted decoration
Dimensions
h. 20.4 cm · diameter of mouth 14 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Accession Number
1930.333
About this artwork
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.