A NEOLITHIC PAINTED RED POTTERY BOWL

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A NEOLITHIC PAINTED RED POTTERY BOWL
GANSU/YANGSHAO CULTURE, MAJIAYAO PHASE, CIRCA 3000-2500 B.C.

The body flaring from the flat base and then rounding upwards toward the rim, painted in black on the interior with sweeping parallel lines enclosing 'eyes' of various size and extending over the rim to create a swagged border interrupted by barbed hooks, restored hole--11 3/8in. (28.8cm.) across

Literature

Frances Klapthor, "Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Irene Scheinman", Orientations, September 1992, pp. 53-60. fig. 2

Exhibited

Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 5

Lot Essay

Compare the bowl of this type with the very similar exterior border illustrated in Zhongguo Caitao Tupu, Beijing, 1990, pl. 172

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766d34 is consistent with the dating of this lot