Water Container
Artist
African
Date20th century
Mediumearthenware with red slip and applied kaolin
Dimensionsapproximately: 54 × 42 cm (21 1/4 × 16 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineBequest of Blake Robinson
Object number2016.33
DescriptionEarthenware vessel with horizontal, raised bands with patterns incised and impressed into the surface with molds. The body was turned by hand on an oiled bowl, built up with coils. Reddish slip was applied to the pot with white kaolin impressed into the interstices.ProvenanceBlake Robinson (d. 2012), Washington, DC; upon his death, held in trust by the estate; by bequest to the Worcester Art Museum, 2012.
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Chinese
11th or 12th century, Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127)
Chinese
late 11th century –early 12th century, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
Chinese
first half of the 8th century, Tang dynasty (618–906)
