Lot Essay
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C100w34 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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NEOLITHIC PERIOD, POSSIBLY ERLITOU/SHANG DYNASTY, 1700-1000 BC
Details
AN UNUSUAL POTTERY BALUSTER JAR
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, POSSIBLY ERLITOU/SHANG DYNASTY, 1700-1000 BC
Decorated with thin crimped strips of clay with a band of diagonal stripes on the shoulder between similar borders repeated as three horizontal bands on the lower body, applied with a pair of small notched flange handles below the short flared neck rising to double notched rims, the uppermost with a further applied clay band, covered overall with a thin earth slip
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high, box
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, POSSIBLY ERLITOU/SHANG DYNASTY, 1700-1000 BC
Decorated with thin crimped strips of clay with a band of diagonal stripes on the shoulder between similar borders repeated as three horizontal bands on the lower body, applied with a pair of small notched flange handles below the short flared neck rising to double notched rims, the uppermost with a further applied clay band, covered overall with a thin earth slip
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Acquired before 2000.