A Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar

GANSU/YANGSHAO CULTURE, BANSHAN PHASE, CIRCA 2500 B.C.

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A Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar
Gansu/Yangshao culture, Banshan phase, circa 2500 B.C.
The sharply tapering body painted on the shoulder with black lozenge- shaped medallions decorated with three unpainted circles, connected by dark red bands and cross-hatched lines, the scalloped border below interrupted by a pair of lug handles, the neck painted with double serrated bands
14½in. (36.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

A jar with a similar pattern of lozenge-shaped medallions incorporating unpainted circles against a black ground, excavated from Gansu, Shengguang, Hexian, in 1973, is illustrated in Zhongguo Caitao Tupu, 1990, no. 527.

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