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Object Number
2004.29.14102
Display Title
Neolithic ceramic vessels
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "China / From. The Illustrated London News - Oct. 6 - 1928"; Written on photograph: "An Unknown Neolithic Culture in China ? / Remarkable Discoveries of Painted Pottery Said to be / 5000 Years Old. / A striking / example among / the thousand / vases and / fragments / discovered in / Northern / China : A two- / handled vessel / now in the / Wannieck / Collection / in Paris. / One of a great hoard of / painted pottery found in Neo- / lithic strata of Northern / China : An example included in / M. Wannieck's Collection. / A unique specimen : A small vase with two / handles and a slender body resting on / three rudimentary feet. / Artistic in shape and decoration, and regarded as indicating a high state of Neo- / lithic culture, previously unsuspected, in Northern China about 5000 years ago : /"
Department
Photographic
Date
1928
Culture
- Chinese Neolithic periods
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
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China
Dimensions
Overall: 33.6551 × 23.495 cm (13 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
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