id:			111812
accession number:	1930.332
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.332
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:17.102000

Jar with Curvilinear Designs, 2650–2350 BCE. Northwest China, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Banshan phase (2650–2350 BCE). Earthenware with slip-painted decoration; diameter: 36.8 x 30.5 cm (14 1/2 x 12 in.); overall: 36.2 cm (14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1930.332

title:				Jar with Curvilinear Designs
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creation date:			2650–2350 BCE
creation date earliest:		-2650
creation date latest:		-2350
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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culture:	Northwest China, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Banshan phase (2650–2350 BCE)
technique:	earthenware with slip-painted decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Neolithic
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 36.8 x 30.5 cm (14 1/2 x 12 in.); Overall: 36.2 cm (14 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. E. M. Sarton, Cambridge, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1930
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1930–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hollis, H. C. “Two Chinese Neolithic Vessels.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 18, no. 7 (July 1931): 148–149.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 148–149
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137403

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 796
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n142

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 244
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n268

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 244
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n268

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 324
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n344

	Moore, Janet Gaylord. <em>The Eastern Gate: An Invitation to the Arts of China and Japan</em>. Cleveland: Collins, 1979.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 72
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n19

	Donley, Gregory M., "Geometric Means", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 46 no. 05, May/June 2006
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2006-05/page/6

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: no. 2, pp. 85, 115
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