A painted grey pottery stembowl, Neolithic period to Bronze Age 新石器時代至青銅器時代 彩陶高足盌

Ronald W. Longsdorf, The Pottery Age: An Appreciation of Neolithic Ceramics from China, Circa 7000 BC - Circa 1000 BC, Hong Kong, 2020, pl. 87.

Ronald W. Longsdorf, 《陶誌：中國新石器時代陶器 約西元前7000年 – 前1000年》，香港，2020年，圖版87

Well potted with a deep bowl resting on a splayed foot pierced with apertures, the well-proportioned stembowl appears to have been assembled from the wheel-turned bowl and stem before the final cold painting of bright red that is still preserved on the exterior of the vessel and interior of the rim.

The fragility of the powdery cold-painted pigment suggests that the vessel was probably not destined for everyday use, and may have been reserved for ceremonial or burial purposes.