Yangshao culture, Banpo phase, 5000 BCE - 4000 BCE
H. 17.8 x Diam. 17.5 cm (7 x 6 7/8 in.)
Purchased from J.J. Lally & Co. New York
Black earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseWhite earthenware with applique elements. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; probably from Shandong province.
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with traces of painted decor
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBrick-orange earthenware with impressed decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseBlack earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseEarthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseBlack earthenware
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with incised decoration
5th millennium BCEChineseBlack earthenware with incised and openwork decoration, the surface burnished before firing. Middle and Lower Yellow River area; Shandong and Jiangsu provinces; possibly from Shandong province.
5th-3rd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
5th-4th millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with traces of slip-painted decoration
5th-4th millennium BCEChinese