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LOT 654
Sold for (Inc. bp): £472
CHINA - NEOLITHIC - MAJIAYAO CULTURE - PAINTED EARTHENWARE PITCHER
(295 high x 275mm wide.).
(295 high x 275mm wide.).
Circa 2,300-2,050 BC. Machang Phase, Gansu or Qinhai province. A two-handled geometric earthenware pitcher, the painted ornamentation of four chequered roundels in red and black linked by black linear and arc decoration and the rim painted with chevrons, dashes and circles, in red and black.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
