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Small vase with two handles and curved neck
Small vase with two handles and curved neck
China
Year
c. 2400-1950 BCE
Materials
Beige-pinkish earthenware with balck on red decorations
Inventory
Cn/31
Dimensions
8,3 cm x 12,3 cm x 10,5 cm
Definition
Vessel
Collection
China
Additional Infos
Provenance: North-western China (Gansu-Qinghai)
Description
The container is not of fine workmanship and of a very common type. It is a pot-bellied jar, fitted towards the bottom, very narrow at the base and equipped with a large curved neck with an expanded mouth. The rim is connected to the shoulder by two diametrically opposed arched loops, each adorned with a horizontal black band. The rest of the decoration, painted in thick black brushstrokes over a reddish-brownish background, focuses on the inside of the neck and the outside of the vase up to the careen. Inside, below the rim, arches are placed side by side and repeated, using the recurring motif of three concentric “festoons”. The neck decoration is limited to a row of thick herringbone strokes. Along the shoulder of the vase, the decoration consists of four double concentric arches in sequence.
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