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Vase
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVase, 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1930.333
