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A wide round bowl with an articulated, everted wide rim and a conical lower body on a flat base. It is decorated with wavy linear patterns and black solid dots on the upper half of the exterior, swirling lines with dots on the interior, and cross-hatching on the rim.  
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
3100 BCE – 2600 BCE
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur in memory of Mrs. Wei-Djen D. Lo
2004/2.133
The dish belongs to a large group of sgraffiato wares, examples of which have been found from Afghanistan to northwest Iran. They are characterized by an incised design cut into a slip and enhanced with glazes of different colors, frequently yellow and green. In this particular case, and others like it, the concentric scratched lines are clearly determined by compass while the filler patterns are somewhat less controlled. The pigment is not applied to coincide with the engraved line but rather forms an independant web of color over it.<br />  
Seljuk (Seljuk)
Plate
1000 – 1199
Museum Purchase
1957/1.52
A small, thin, earthenware molded plaque with a bas-relief architectural scene of a Chinese three-bay building on a dais. There are two slat windows and a hipped roof. A figure stands in the central doorway. The plaque is covered in a white slip.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Temple with Buddha Votive Plaque
550 – 650
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.21
A light reddish-buff earthenware <em>guan (</em>罐) jar, with a wide globular upper body and conical lower body on a flat base, and a tall narrow neck with an everted rim. There are two diametrically opposed lug handles at the waist. The upper half of the body is painted with black pigment to depict four, six squared spirals made up of lines containing small circles, divided by thick vertical lines, confined between solid band borders with a lobed line border below. Around the shoulder, contained by two solid black lines, is a band of black squares divided by a central black vertical line, alternating in their position to touch the top or bottom solid black lines containing them.   Surrounding the neck are four bold vertical lines made up of wide and densly spaced zigzags. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
2300 BCE – 2000 BCE
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.49
A light reddish-buff earthenware <em>guan (</em>罐) jar with wide globular upper body and conical lower body on a narrow flat base, and a tall narrow neck with flaring rim. There are two diametrically opposed lug handles, one at the waist and the other joining the neck to the shoulder. The upper half of the body is painted with black and red pigments to depict alternating sets of three thin black bands, and thick red and black bands. Below these bands is a wide black, fringed zigzag band and a lobed black band. Thin black bands around the neck, with a red band and black hatchmark band to the interior rim. There is loss and restoration to the rim.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
2300 BCE – 2000 BCE
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.51
A light reddish-buff earthenware <em>guan </em>罐 jar with a wide globular upper body and conical lower body on a flat base, and a short narrow neck with an everted, direct rim. There are two diametrically opposed lug handles connecting the rim to shoulder. The upper three-fourths of the body is painted with black pigment to depict six counter-clockwise sauvasticas (swastikas), or equal armed crosses, with each arm continued at a right angle into a squared coil. Each sauvastica is made up of a network of fine lines, with a shoulder band made up of five on one side and six on the other. Groupings of six or seven stacked horizontal lines, vertical wavy lines, and zigzags are around the interior and exterior of the neck. All patterns are separated and confined between solid band borders.  
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
2300 BCE – 2000 BCE
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.69
Standing male figure with bushy beard wearing a robe and black boots, decorated with red and black pigment.<br />
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Sogdian groom, from a set of funerary sculptures
7th century
Museum Purchase
1950/2.13
A light reddish-buff earthenware <em>guan (</em>罐) jar with a wide globular upper body and conical lower body on a flat base, and a tall narrow neck with an everted rim. There are two diametrically opposed lug handles at the waist. The upper half of the body is painted with black and red pigments to depict four whirls of concentric circles. Each contains a roundel made of joined circles, which also create a cross through the center. The four circular motifs are confined between solid band borders, with a garland border below. Around the neck are bold thick black chevrons.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
2300 BCE – 2000 BCE
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.48
This light reddish-buff earthenware <em>guan (</em>罐) jar has a wide globular upper body and a conical lower body on a narrow flat base with a narrow neck and flaring rim. There are two diametrically opposed lug handles at the waist. Painted on the upper half of the body with black pigment are a network of rhomboid shapes, hatch-marks and dots confined within solid band borders, with a lobed line border below.  Around the neck are a painted "X" design, hatch marks and a lobed border to the interior.  
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
25600 BCE – 2300 BCE
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1989/2.103
An earthenware female figure, thin and tall, standing with arms clasped in front of the body, wearing long robes with a wide collar, tied at the waist, with the fabric of her long sleeves folded over her hands. She has a round face with petite details, her hair is parted down the middle and tied up in a high chignon. The sculpture is covered in polychrome mineral pigments.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Court Dancer
700 – 750
Gift of Mr. William T. and Maria H. Carter in memory of their son, Charles A. Dickerman
1984/1.298
A light reddish-buff earthenware <em>guan (</em>罐) jar with a wide globular upper body and conical lower body on a narrow flat base, and a tall narrow neck with everted rim. There are two diametrically opposed lug handles at the waist. The upper half of the body is painted with black and red pigments to depict two concentric circles on opposing sides. The circles contain network patterns, separating two main motifs of zigzags divided by a central vertical line. Six or seven thin lines extend from each of the points, confined between solid band borders, with a lobed line border below. Around the neck are bold, thick, black, slightly curving brush strokes.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
2300 BCE – 2000 BCE
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.47
A light reddish-buff earthenware <em>guan (</em>罐) jar with a wide globular upper body and conical lower body on a narrow flat base, and a tall wide neck with rim articulation. Two diametrically opposed lug handles at the waist and sawtooth-edge ears are applied to the rim. The upper half of the body is painted with black and red pigments to depict thick red bands alternating with sets of three thin black bands, contained within thick black saw-tooth edge borders. A zigzag line border within solid black bands are below. Around the neck is a red band defining the neck from the shoulder, above which is a thick black sawtooth edge band, and a network pattern contained within two solid black bands, one of which finishes the rim.  
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
2600 BCE – 2300 BCE
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.50
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