Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase

Date: c. 3000–2500 BCE
Medium: earthenware with slip coating and painted decoration
Culture: China, Gansu province, Neolithic period
Department: Chinese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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