A Neolithic painted red pottery jar Gansu Yanshao Culture, Banshan Phase, Circa 2000 BC

the bulging hipped form with waisted neck and flared rim, set with a pair of strap handles to each side of the neck, painted overall with a checkerboard diaper divided into panels by vertical serrated strips; together with an ovoid proto-celadon-glazed pottery vase with trumpet neck, flanked by two loop handles to the ribbed body, Warring States period (2)

Neolithic Jar:
Frank Caro, Successor to C.T. Loo, New York.