Painted spirals recall the crests of waves on this 4,500-year-old jar.
Jar (Hu), c. 2650–2350 B.C.E. (Neolithic China, Banshan phase), earthenware with painted decoration, 34 cm high (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Speakers: Dr. Cortney Chaffin and Dr. Steven Zucker
Additional resources
This work at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Neolithic Period in China on The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Denise Patry Leidy, How to Read Chinese Ceramics (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015).
