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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 and red with four sweeping circular crest-like motifs enclosing latticed/crisscross patterns with some of the resulting diamond-shaped motifs filled in with striations, triangular forms and a wave band below, the cylindrical neck highlighted with thick diagonal bands and zigzags, a circular pattern on the slightly flared inner rim, and a pair of lug handles applied at mid-body. Size: 13.75" in diameter x 13.125" H (34.9 cm x 33.3 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 is regarded as a peak of pottery manufacturing at that time.

Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000, ex Arte Primitivo, New York City, USA

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#126253

  • Condition: Repaired from several large pieces. Nice burnishing marks, root marks, and mineral deposits.

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