**Originally Listed At $500**

East Asia, China, Neolithic Period, Majiayao culture, ca. 3300 to 2000 BCE. A beautiful and impressively large bi-chrome pottery vessel, the piriform body with a pair of applied loop handles situated equidistantly along the midsection of the body, with a beautiful decorative program all painted in black on a creamy beige ground. The largest register features a striated zigzag pattern with a scalloped swag below; above this a narrow register of striated rectangles alternating with nested diamond motifs; the neck presents with unpainted angular motifs surrounded by a black ground, and finally, dense lattice-work patterns adorn the interior of the rim. A beautiful example created by the Neolithic peoples of the Majiayao culture. Size: 11.375" W x 10.7" H (28.9 cm x 27.2 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.

Provenance: private collection of the late Karming Wong; approximate date of acquisition: late 1970 to early 1980

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Rim repaired from a couple of large pieces, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Chips and one area of loss to rim, with abrasions and fading to pigment across body and rim, and light encrustations. Nice preservation to exterior decorative motifs.