A PAIR OF BLACK POTTERY TRIPOD VESSELS, LI

NEOLITHIC, LOWER XIAJIADIAN CULTURE, CIRCA 2200-1800 B.C.

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A PAIR OF BLACK POTTERY TRIPOD VESSELS, LI
Neolithic, Lower Xiajiadian Culture, Circa 2200-1800 B.C.
Each beaker-shaped vessel with a flaring rim and raised on three pointed mammiform legs, the surface slightly burnished to a smooth polish
11in. (28cm.) high the tallest (2)

Lot Essay

Compare the similar vessel illustrated in Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Neolithic Period to the Western Han, Uragami Sokyu-Do, Japan, 1991, p. 20.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C198m8 is consistent with the dating of this lot