Lot 72C
East Asia, China, Neolithic Period, Majiayao culture, ca. 3300 to 2000 BCE. A beautiful and impressively large polychrome pottery vessel, the piriform body painted in black and red on a beige ground with two abstract figures - one above each looped handle as if crawling up the exterior walls of the jar. Five projecting marks seem to represent fingers; however, a similar motif projects from the elbows and the pointed turns of the zigzag that extends from the figures 'legs'. The cylindrical neck is highlighted with red and black bands below thick sideways oriented chevrons, and an additional decorative register adorns the slightly flared rim. Size: 12.875" W handlespan x 12.875" H (32.7 cm x 32.7 cm)
The Majiayao culture was comprised of a group of Neolithic communities who lived primarily in the upper Yellow River region in eastern Gansu, eastern Qinghai, and northern Sichuan, China. The Majiayao culture represents the first time that the Upper Yellow River region was widely occupied by agricultural communities, and it is famous for its painted pottery, which was regarded as the pinnacle of pottery manufacturing during that period.
Provenance: ex private Ventura County, California, USA collection
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- Condition: A few small chips to rim. A few divots and abraded areas to the surface. Expected surface wear commensurate with age. Mineral deposits scattered on surface.
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