A red pottery double-gourd vase, Yangshao culture, Banpo phase, c. 4800-4300 B.C. 仰韶文化 半坡類型 紅陶葫蘆瓶

Various double gourd-shaped vessels had been excavated from the Banpo archaeological site, including plain or painted examples. The Xi’an Banpo Museum houses a double-gourd shaped bottle painted with bird and fish patterns (no. ZHT14H467:1). A Banpo-type red pottery plain double-gourd vase was exhibited in Splendor of the Past: The Spirit and Form of Ancient Chinese Ceramics, organised by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 13th February – 13th April 2014. Another plain Banpo-type vase is among the collections of Jinyu Museum of Ancient Ceramics in Xuchang, Henan.

人們從許多新石器時代遺址中都發現了葫蘆的種子，這說明新石器時代的居民已經在種植和使用葫蘆。 因此，包括本拍品在內的新石器時期葫蘆形器物有極有可能是對葫蘆本身造型的模仿。

半坡遺址出土了各式各樣的葫蘆形陶器。有的陶器表面繪有裝飾，如西安半坡博物館收藏的一件鳥魚紋彩陶葫蘆瓶（編號ZHT14H467:1）。而在香港科技大學2014年2月13日至4月13日的展覽《道器相成：中國古代陶瓷與社會文化》展出的一件半坡類型紅陶葫蘆瓶則沒有繪飾。另有一件未帶裝飾的葫蘆瓶藏於河南許昌金雨古陶瓷博物館，與本拍品相似。