Lot 119
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A RARE NEOLITHIC BLACK POTTERY CUP, the flat base rising concavely to the low angled shoulder tapering and flaring to the trumpet mouth, the thinly potted body showing concentric potting marks, Longshan Culture, circa 2500 B.C.

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A RARE NEOLITHIC BLACK POTTERY CUP, the flat base rising concavely to the low angled shoulder tapering and flaring to the trumpet mouth, the thinly potted body showing concentric potting marks, Longshan Culture, circa 2500 B.C.

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Cf.A similar cup sold in our New York Rooms, 27 November 1991, lot 244

This vessel is of a type called hu by the Chinese archaeologist who unearthed similar vessels at the Chengzi site in Zuchengxian, Shandong province, from the stratum corresponding to the Longshan culture. See Kaogu Xuebo, 1980, no.3, pl.67, fig.33

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