Lot 6
6
A NEOLITHIC PAINTED POTTERY JAR

Details
A NEOLITHIC PAINTED POTTERY JAR
GANSU/YANGSHAO CULTURE, BANSHAN PHASE, CIRCA 2500 B.C.

The high shoulder painted in black with sweeping, serrated and plain swirling lines enclosing oval medallions alternately filled with solid or fishnet diamond pattern, the scalloped border below interrupted by a pair of lug handles positioned below a pair of small tabs projecting from the neck just below the lipped rim, one handle repaired--16½in. (41.9cm.) across handles
Exhibited
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, no. 6

Lot Essay

Compare the similar jar excavated from Guanhutai, Minhe county, Qinghai province illustrated in Neolithic Painted Pottery, Yang-shao Pottery from Kansu Province, Taipei, p. 89, pl. 43

A similar jar was sold in these rooms June 3, 1988, lot 123