Two Neolithic White Pottery Vessels
Yangshao Culture
One an ovoid jar with a pair of wide strap handles and a small projecting boss on one side, with blackish markings from firing; the other a stem cup, the cup with everted rim raised on a tall spreading pedestal decorated with a pattern of triangular cut-outs; both burnished and of ivory tone
6.1/8 and 7.1/8in. (15 amd 19cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C199q71 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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