Lot Essay
A jar similar to the gray pottery two-handled jar is published in Kaogu 1960:6, no. 1, p. 35
PROPERTY FROM THE SCHEINMAN COLLECTION
A NEOLITHIC GRAY POTTERY STEM DISH, DOU
Details
A NEOLITHIC GRAY POTTERY STEM DISH, DOU
LONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 2900-1500 B.C.
The shallow circular dish raised on a pedestal base with a spreading foot and a ridged band separating the upper and lower halves, the matte gray ware showing concentric pottery marks, traces of earth encrustation; together with a Neolithic gray pottery two-handled jar, Jiayao Phase, circa 1200-1000 B.C., the compressed body raised on a flat base with a pair of broad strap handles joining the canted shoulder and wide flared neck (chips, some restoration); and with a small gray pottery jar, late Shang/Western Zhou dynasty, the globular body decorated with a band of incised zigzag lines between line borders, applied with two small tabs below the sloping shoulder and short flared neck
4¾, 7½ and 4½in. (12.1, 19 and 11.4cm.) high (3)
LONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 2900-1500 B.C.
The shallow circular dish raised on a pedestal base with a spreading foot and a ridged band separating the upper and lower halves, the matte gray ware showing concentric pottery marks, traces of earth encrustation; together with a Neolithic gray pottery two-handled jar, Jiayao Phase, circa 1200-1000 B.C., the compressed body raised on a flat base with a pair of broad strap handles joining the canted shoulder and wide flared neck (chips, some restoration); and with a small gray pottery jar, late Shang/Western Zhou dynasty, the globular body decorated with a band of incised zigzag lines between line borders, applied with two small tabs below the sloping shoulder and short flared neck
4¾, 7½ and 4½in. (12.1, 19 and 11.4cm.) high (3)
Literature
Small gray pottery jar: The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, 1965, p. 32
Exhibited
Small gray pottery jar: Springfield, Springfield Museum of Fine Art, on loan 1945-1986
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics From the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, nos. 3, 12 and 15
Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts, Born of Earth and Fire, Chinese Ceramics From the Scheinman Collection, September 9-November 8, 1992, nos. 3, 12 and 15