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A LARGE NEOLITHIC POTTERY JAR TWO NEOLITHIC POTTERY JARS
Probably Majiayao Yangshao Culture Gansu 2300 - 2000 B.C. Majiayao Culture, 3rd millennium B.C
Of brown and tan earthenware, the upper part painted in brown with Comprising: a compressed globular jar with two loop handles
a series of curved swags above a wavy line, the shoulders flanked by decorated in black and red pigments with geometric patterns to
a pair of loop handles with dot circle motifs or in square panels with the body and the interior of the mouth; together with a globular jar
traces of red painting. with short tapering neck and two loop handles, decorated in brown
45.5cm (17 7/8in) high pigments with linear designs, fitted boxes.
The largest: 17cm (6 3/4in) wide (4).
£700 - 1,000
HK$5,900 - 8,500 £600 - 800
CNY5,400 - 7,700 HK$5,100 - 6,800
CNY4,600 - 6,200
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A NEOLITHIC OVOID POTTERY JAR 343
Majiayao Culture, 3rd millennium B.C A BURNISHED BLACK POTTERY AMPHORA, LIFAN
The upper part painted in black with a series of curved swags above Han Dynasty
a wavy line, enclosing trellis pattern roundels within red painted The lobed jar flanked by a pair of broad arched handles, each side
borders, two applied loop handles to the mid-body. carved with two spirals in relief, below an incised band at the top of
38cm (15in) high the neck, just below the flared mouth rim formed by an angular spout
on either sides, traces of white slip decoration.
£600 - 800 25.8cm (10 1/8in) high
HK$5,100 - 6,800
CNY4,600 - 6,200 £600 - 800
HK$5,100 - 6,800
CNY4,600 - 6,200
The result of Daybreak Archaeometric Laboratory Services
thermoluminescence test, dated 3 March 1997, sample number
499A63, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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