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A BANSHAN PAINTED POTTERY JAR AN UNUSUAL SANCAI JAR
Neolithic period, Yangshao/Majiayao culture, 2600-2300 BCE Tang dynasty
Potted with a cylindrical neck rising from broad rounded shoulders Potted with a compressed globular body, the shoulder impressed
tapering towards the flat foot, the sides applied with two opposing with the outline of eight florets highlighted with amber and ivory glaze
loop handles, freely painted with crosshatch and sawtooth bands over blue, running towards the base over incised lines encircling the
around the neck and large whorls and wave band encircling the body and mingling with an amber glaze, leaving resist-decorated
shoulder, the lower body unadorned. spots and falling in an irregular line above the flared foot ring, all
14in (35.6cm) high surmounted by a short flared amber glazed neck, the interior covered
with a pale yellow wash.
$2,000 - 3,000 6in (15.2cm) high

石器時代 仰韶/馬家窰文化 公元前2600年至前2300年 半山類型彩陶 $12,000 - 18,000
旋渦紋罐
唐 三彩印花紋罐
Provenance
Acquired Hong Kong 1980’s The present lot is unusual for the band of impressed flower heads
encircling the shoulder. It is more common to see raised molded
A nearly identically patterned jar from the Phyllis and Walter medallions, such as seen on the example sold in Christie’s New
Shorenstein collection was sold at Christie’s, New York, 24 March York, 15 September 2011, lot 1451. This method of impressing floral
2011, lot 1289. decorations was more commonly used on dishes, as in this example
sold at Christie’s, Hong Kong, 6 October 2015, lot 90.

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