A NEOLITHIC RED POTTERY TWO-HANDLED JAR

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A NEOLITHIC RED POTTERY TWO-HANDLED JAR
QIJIA CULTURE, GANSU PROVINCE, CIRCA 2000-1500 B.C.

Thinly potted, the compressed body raised on a slightly concave, flat base, with a pair of broad strap handles joining the canted shoulder and the wide, flared neck, some surface polishing still remaining, rim chips--4¼in. (10.8cm.) high

Literature

Frances Klapthor, "Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Irene Scheinman", Orientations, September 1992, pp. 53-60, fig. 6

Exhibited

Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 10

Lot Essay

Two-handled cups of this type are commonly found in remains of the Qijia culture in Gansu province. Compare examples unearthed at the dwelling and burial sites at Huangniangniangtai, Wuweixian, illustrated in Kaogu xuebao, 1960, no. 2, pl. V, figs. 1 and 2. Others are included in the exhibition, Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Western Han, Uragami Sokyu-Do Co., Tokyo, 1991, Catalogue, p. 36 (top and bottom)