Zoomorphic figurine
Chinese
Hollow sculpture in the form of a four-legged animal with a pointed muzzle and a bird-like tail; buff earthenware with traces of pigment. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia. Hollow sculpture in the form of a four-legged animal with a pointed muzzle and a bird-like tail; buff earthenware with traces of pigment. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
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
Qijia culture, c. 2300-1500 BCE