Burial urn with red and black swirls

Details

• Title

  Burial urn with red and black swirls

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 3000 BC
  Neolithic Period (China) (c. 10,000 - c. 2000 BC)

• Material and technique

  coiled red earthenware with red and black slip decoration

• Object type

  container › vessel › urn

• Dimensions

  32.5 x 45 x 41 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.847

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