Lot 48B
East Asia, China, Neolithic Period, Majiayao culture, ca. 3300 to 2000 BCE. A beautiful and impressively large bi-chrome pottery vessel, the piriform body painted in black on red terracotta with bold zigzags showing five projecting marks form the points (as if to represent human hands), the cylindrical neck highlighted with thick sideways oriented chevrons, signs of another pattern on the slightly flared inner rim, and a pair of lug handles applied at mid-body. Size: 13.25" W x 14.375" H (33.7 cm x 36.5 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: Chips to rim as shown. A few divots and abraded areas to the surface. Expected surface wear commensurate with age.
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