Funerary Jar
date
2300 BCE - 2000 BCE
creation place
Asia, China, Gansu ; Qinghai
medium & support
Formed, fired, and painted earthenware
measurements
15 3/4 x 18 in. (40.01 x 45.72 cm)
credit line
David T. Owsley Collection
accession number
L2009.009.058
keywords
ritual object, abstract art, ancestor, art, Asians, burial, burial rites, ceramic, ceremonial container, ceremony, Chinese, Chinese religion, civilization, container, cult, culture, death, earthenware, family, funeral, funerary object, geometric, geometry, human being, Mongolians, nationality, non-Christian religion, offspring, ornament, pottery, race (human), religion, rite, society, supernatural, vessel
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