East Asia, China, Neolithic Period, ca. 3000 to 2000 BCE. A lovely ceramic jar with a flat base, bulbous body with a widened midsection, a rounded shoulder which leads to an inward-curving neck, a flared rim, and a pair of applied strap handles. The interior of the rim boasts a painted register of linear and bulb-form motifs in dark red pigment. The exterior of the body exhibits a dense series of linear, circular, and zigzag patterns in dark-red and black colors. This vessel would have been used as an offering vessel and placed inside a tomb. Size: 6.7" W x 5.75" H (17 cm x 14.6 cm).

Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA

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Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, small nicks to handles, base, and body, with fading to pigmentation, and light roughness across most surfaces. Nice earthen deposits throughout.