Description:

East Asia, China, Neolithic Period, Majiayao (also Gansu-Yangshao) culture, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A pleasing pair of pottery jars of squat, utilitarian form with planar bases and slender handles along the corseted shoulder. Each vessel is intricately hand-painted with geometric, linear, and lattice motifs in black and burgundy pigments atop an orange terracotta ground. The Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, is from what is known as Gansu or Qinghai province today. Size of larger: 5.5" Diameter x 4.6" H (14 cm x 11.7 cm)

Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection

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#192311

  • Condition: More petite vessel has old repair to wall near base; other is intact. Both have some nicks, chips, and abrasions as shown, all commensurate with age. Nice preservation of painted decoration and some light earthen deposits in areas.

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