Lot 110
110
EARLY CERAMICS
A RARE NEOLITHIC BLACK POTTERY STEMCUP, the thinly-potted bell-shaped cup with flaring rim, the knopped oval stem pierced with narrow slits and supported on a domed foot, Neolithic Period, Shandong Longshan Culture, circa 2500 BC

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A RARE NEOLITHIC BLACK POTTERY STEMCUP, the thinly-potted bell-shaped cup with flaring rim, the knopped oval stem pierced with narrow slits and supported on a domed foot, Neolithic Period, Shandong Longshan Culture, circa 2500 BC
19.5cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. similar stemcups have been unearthed at Sanlihe, Jiao County, Shandong in 1975, illustrated in the Museum of Chinese History Catalogue, 1980, p.6. Compare also a lidded stemcup in the Linyi City Museum, illustrated by Liu Liangyu, Zhongguo Lidai Taoci Jianshang, p.52

Similar stemcups were sold in our Rooms in New York, June 1994 lots 227,228

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