Description:

East Asia, China, upper Yellow River region of Gansu and eastern Qinghai, Neolithic Period, Qijia culture, ca. 2200 to 1600 BCE. An attractive, hand-built pottery sculpture displaying a globular body and a slender, cylindrical neck, sitting upon a circular, flat base. The exterior of the ancient example is adorned with a lovely cord-impressed pattern that forms horizontal and slanted combed lines, typical of the Qijia culture. The top of the piece was likely previously topped by a zoomorphic head similar to the vessel found at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard under object number 2006.170.51 and served as an animal-form sculpture or rattle; the top was restored to create a rim and mouth. A fascinating example from Neolithic China! Size: 8.125" in diameter x 11.5" H (20.6 cm x 29.2 cm)

Provenance: private Masontown, Pennsylvania, USA, collection, acquired in the 1990s

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  • Condition: Head restored from new material. Some light abrasions and nicks, along with stable hairline pressure fissures. Otherwise, excellent with lovely earthen deposits.

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