2 Princes Buildings, George Street, Bath, BA1 2ED
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LOT 194:
A FINE CHINESE NEOLITHIC MACHANG PHASE PAINTED POTTERY JAR, MACHANG PHASE (c.2300 – 2000 BC). Made from a fairly ...
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A FINE CHINESE NEOLITHIC MACHANG PHASE PAINTED POTTERY JAR, MACHANG PHASE (c.2300 – 2000 BC). Made from a fairly high-fired pale yellowish-brown pottery. It has a wide mouth with two loop handles on opposite sides joining the shoulder to the mouth edge. The base is a little convex. The elaborate painted geometric patterns covering the upper body and inner mouth are in purple and black mineral-based fired-on pigments. The pigment is all original. Diameter 16 cm (6.25 inches). Provenance: from a Sussex collection.
There is no restoration or repair and the only damage is a couple of very small chips to the vulnerable rim edge.
