Lot 62 A
62 A
EARLY CERAMICS
A NEOLITHIC GANSU PAINTED POTTERY JAR

YANGSHAO CULTURE, 3RD MILLENIUM B.C.

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A NEOLITHIC GANSU PAINTED POTTERY JAR
yangshao culture, 3rd millenium B.C.
Of tapered globular shape, the upper body painted with sweeping spirals with serrated edges enclosing four cash emblems, applied with two small lug handles, the cylindrical flared neck with a cross-hatched pattern above a band of lappets
16¼in. (41.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

For similar examples see those illustrated by Prof. Liu Lanyu in Early Wares: Prehistoric to Tenth Century, p.37-8; and by the Foreign Languages Press in Historical Relics Unearthed in New China, Peking 1972, no.23.

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