MAG Collection - Funerary Urn

Funerary Urn

2500 BCE-1700 BCE
Neolithic Period, Middle Yang-shao culture (2500-1700 BCE)
14 1/4 x 13 x 13 in. (36.2 x 33 x 33 cm)

Unknown, Chinese
Chinese

Object Type: Ceramics

Medium and Support: Earthenware, paint

Credit Line: Maurice R. and Maxine B. Forman Fund

Accession Number: 1999.56

Location: Currently on view

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This is a funerary urn from Pan-Shan, T'ao river valley, Kansu.

Provenance

Purchased in China by a private collector in the 1920s-30s; purchased from him by the Crane Gallery, Toronto; purchased from them by Gerald Weisbrod, Toronto (dealer), 1969; East-West Gallery, Victor, NY, 1999; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1999

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Chinese

funerary objects

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Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Docent Newsletter. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 2000--.

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Ceramics

Chinese Art

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