Funerary Jar, Banshan type / Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture

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Accession Number: 1989/2.103
Title: Funerary Jar, Banshan type
Artist: Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture
Artist Nationality: Chinese
Artist Life Dates: 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
Medium and Support: earthenware, coil-built, w/ painted design in black mineral pigment
Object Creation Date: 2600 BCE - 2300 BCE
Object Creation Place: Asia (continent); China (nation); Gansu (province)
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2: China (nation)
Creation Place 3: Gansu (province)
Credit Line: Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Style/Group/Movement: Banshan phase
Period: China, Majiayao Period, Banshan phase (ca 2655-2330 BCE)
Dimensions: 34.5 cm x 42.5 cm x 42 cm (13 9/16 in. x 16 3/4 in. x 16 9/16 in.)
Century: 25th-24th century BCE
Primary Object Classification: Ceramic
Primary Object Type: jar
Primary Keywords: jar
Secondary Keywords: objects we use; vessels
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1039 x 807
File Size: 65 KB
Record: 1989/2.103
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1989-sl-2.103/1989_2.103.jpg

In public portfolios: Before 1492 (500); Heavens, hells, and afterlives (132)

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Full citation: "Funerary Jar, Banshan type; Artist Unknown, China, Majiayao Culture." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1989-sl-2.103/1989_2.103.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.