**First Time At Auction**
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 cream hued ground with four sweeping circular crest-like motifs enclosing latticed/crisscross patterns with some of the resulting diamond-shaped motifs filled in with petite circles, the cylindrical neck highlighted with thick chocolate brown bands, a serrated pattern on the slightly flared inner rim, and a pair of lug handles applied at mid-body. Size: 14.7" Diameter x 15.875" H (37.3 cm x 40.3 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.
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis by Daybreak Archaeometric Laboratory Services has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report will accompany the item upon purchase.
Provenance: private Vero Beach, Florida, USA collection, acquired before 2003
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#177381
Condition
Nicks, abrasions, fading to pigment, light earthen deposits, scattered spalls, and scattered areas of roughness commensurate with age, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to pigment and overall form.