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Jar

Jar
Neolithic period 8500 BCE-1500 BCE

Medium
earthenware, pigments
Measurements
26.5 × 28.2 × 23.6 cm
Place/s of Execution
China
Accession Number
AS40-1979
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mrs M. E. Cutten, Founder Benefactor, in memory of George Ewing, 1979
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Globular body narrowing to foot, cylindrical neck with mouth rim, two lug handles at waist, two saw-edged extensions at mouth; double wavy line at waist, upper body with parallel bands and saw-tooth bands, neck with triangle band and cross-hatching band.