A NEOLITHIC PAINTED POTTERY JAR MAJIAYAO CULTURE, BANSHAN TYPE, GANSU PROVINCE, LATE 3RD MILLENIUM BC

of globular form with an upright flared neck, painted with wide vertical black and red geometric bands, a trellis pattern covering the body between each band, with parallel lines painted to the interior of the neck

Collection of Rose D. Seligsberg, New York.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 13th March 1975, lot 167, (inventory no. P147).

A Walk into China's Past, Art Center of Battle Creek, Michigan, 1976, cat. no. 2.

Chips and flakes throughout the body and rim, as expected with age, burial, and excavation. An approx. 2.4 x 1.7 cm shallow chip to the side in-painted with black.
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