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Bird form vessel with anthropomorphic feet
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Large container with body in the form of a bird standing on two booted anthropomorphic feet, a cylindrical spout projects from bird’s back; a small, rounded zoomorphic head is a recent modern replacement; buff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips. Siba culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region, probably Gansu province.
Department of Asian Art
James D. Tigerman Lake Forest IL (by 1999); sold to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (1999-2006) partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2006.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Title: Bird form vessel with anthropomorphic feet
Description:
Large container with body in the form of a bird standing on two booted anthropomorphic feet, a cylindrical spout projects from bird’s back; a small, rounded zoomorphic head is a recent modern replacement; buff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips.
Siba culture.
From the upper Yellow River valley region, probably Gansu province.
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