The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

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.)
Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1930.333
Location: Not on view

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.
  • ?–1930
    Mrs. E. M. Sarton, Cambridge, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1930–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • "Two Chinese Neolithic Vessels." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 18, no. 7 (July 1931): 148–149. Mentioned: p. 148 www.jstor.org
  • Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ceramics. The Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC ( March 15-May 5, 1986).
    The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).
    The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
    Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 28-April 7, 1940).
    Exhibition of Comparative Pottery. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (Spring 1931).
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