Machang type
Dateca. 2200-2000 B.C.
Label TextPainted potteries of the Majiayao culture flourished in northwestern China from 3800 to 2000 B.C. The varied designs, in black and maroon-sometimes accented with white-show a preference for linear, curvilinear, and abstract patterns. The two jars (#51.194) exhibited here are classic examples of this type. Their decoration, wrapping around the upper part of the vessels, is best viewed from above, suggesting that in their original context the vessels would probably have been placed at ground level or on a low platform.
Object number47.109
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics", September 7, 2002 - November 19, 2002Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions16 in. (40.64 cm)
Girth: 48 in.
MediumEarthenware with painted decoration in black and red
unglazed ceramic
Greek, Attica
ca. 480 - 323 B.C.
Object number: 47.62
English, Staffordshire
late 19th century
Object number: SC77.88
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