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jar

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human history
  • Other Name

    jug, water

  • Description

    jar, water, ceramic (coiled construction). Painted geometric decoration in red and black. Height 19cm. Widest diameter at the shoulder, tapering to a flare base. Neck is elongated, rim plain. two opposing handles below level of the shoulder. Black, brown and cream decoration. Neck has been repaired with filler. Excavated in Honan, Kansu Province, Neolithic. Pan-shan phase of Yang-shao culture, circa 2700-2300 BC, Neolithic period.

  • Place
    Tz'u-chou/Hunan Province/China
  • Accession Number
    1938.254
  • Other Id

    24318 (ethnology)

    91 (Number on object)

    K6967 (ceramic)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

  • Display Room

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

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  • jar, water, 1938.254, K6967, 24318, 91, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 02 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, water, 1938.254, K6967, 24318, 91, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 02 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, water, 1938.254, K6967, 24318, 91, Photographed by Denise Baynham, digital, 02 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, water, 1938.254, K6967, 24318, 91, Photographed by Mr Finn McCahon-Jones (Auckland), digital, 15 Mar 2007, © Auckland Museum CC BY, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, water, 1938.254, K6967, 24318, 91, Photographed by Mr Finn McCahon-Jones (Auckland), digital, 15 Mar 2007, © Auckland Museum CC BY, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, water, 1938.254, K6967, 24318, 91, Photographed by Mr Finn McCahon-Jones (Auckland), digital, 15 Mar 2007, © Auckland Museum CC BY, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, water, 1938.254, K6967, 24318, 91, Photographed by Mr Finn McCahon-Jones (Auckland), digital, 15 Mar 2007, © Auckland Museum CC BY, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, water, 1938.254, K6967, 24318, 91, Photographed by Mr Finn McCahon-Jones (Auckland), digital, 15 Mar 2007, © Auckland Museum CC BY, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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