A RARE NEOLITHIC BLACK POTTERY TRIPOD VESSEL, li gui, the wide rimmed vessel rising to a tall, slightly arched spout above a cylindrical body with three raised bosses resting on three generous lobes constricted into pointing feet, the lobe at the black larger decorated with two raised ribs below the large rope twist handle, another raised band below the rim (restored), Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan Culture, circa 2500 BC

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A RARE NEOLITHIC BLACK POTTERY TRIPOD VESSEL, li gui, the wide rimmed vessel rising to a tall, slightly arched spout above a cylindrical body with three raised bosses resting on three generous lobes constricted into pointing feet, the lobe at the black larger decorated with two raised ribs below the large rope twist handle, another raised band below the rim (restored), Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan Culture, circa 2500 BC
33cm. high, box

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Cf. A buff pottery gui dated to the same period with similar studs, raised bands, arched neck and rope-twist handle illustrated in Gems of China's Cultural Relics, 1992, pl.11; and a related white pottery tripod vessel sold in these Rooms, 8 June 1992, lot 121

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