A NEOLITHIC PAINTED POTTERY JAR

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A NEOLITHIC PAINTED POTTERY JAR
GANSU/YANGSHAO CULTURE, MACHANG PHASE, CIRCA 2000 B.C.

Of sharply tapering ovoid form, the upper body painted in black with evenly spaced concentric lines below a dark red band and a broad fishnet band on the shoulder, the neck painted with vertical zigzags above a dark red border, with another red band separated by a band of dots and a swag band on the inside of the everted rim, with a pair of lug handles applied at mid-body, mouth rim restored
16in. (40.7cm.) high

拍品專文

Compare the similar jar illustrated in Zhongguo caitao tupu (Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Painted Pottery), Wenwuchubanshe, 1990, pl. 883