NEOLITHIC PERIOD, QIJIA CULTURE, GANSU OR QINGHAI PROVINCE, CIRCA 2050-1700 BC

While few double-vases from the Neolithic period exist, the addition of the dog across the gap between the vases makes this piece particularly rare. No other pieces of this mouth-connected type appear to have been published.

A Qijia double-vase of similar cord-marked form and with flared mouth rims, but without the canine figure, is illustrated by R. Krahl, Collection Julius Eberhardt: Early Chinese Art, Hong Kong, p. 68, no. 12.