Black amphora
Date3rd -2nd century BCE
Style of
Western Sichuan province
Label TextThis symmetrical amphora was probably made at the end of the Bronze Age. A pleasing sense of balance is created by handles that blend into the rounded profile of the body, the pointed mouth and circular base. Hand-built and polished, the vessel still shows the scrape marks from the tool used in its creation.
Object number97.7
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective, Dec. 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesFoong, Ping, Xiaojin Wu, and Darielle Mason. "An Asian Art Museum Transformed." Orientations vol. 51, no. 3 (May/June 2020): p. 61, reproduced fig. 22 (installation view).Credit LineGift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Dimensions6 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (17.15 x 19.69 x 14.61 cm)
Diam. bottom: 2 7/8 in.
MediumEarthenware
Greek
ca. 500 B.C.
Object number: 52.118
Greek, Attica
ca. 530 B.C.
Object number: 82.83
Greek, Attica
ca. 525 - 500 B.C.
Object number: 63.119
Luristani (modern western Iran)
ca. 1250 - 650 B.C.
Object number: 40.93
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