JAR WITH TWO HANDLES AND ANTHROPOMORPHIC DECORATION

Description This vessel of unusual shape has a very irregular profile. It has a high, flared neck with an irregular edge and a broad, truncated cone-shaped shoulder; two small, elongated handles are placed on the sides of the vase, below the angle between the shoulder and the belly. The alternation of brown and black for the painted decoration is typical of the Zhangjiazui type. From the shoulder to the base of the vessel, the two faces are divided in half by vertical bands. From the highest part of these bands, two diagonal, striated bands branch off, rising towards the handles. Here, the silhouette of a standing anthropomorphic figure is painted black, with his arms raised and his enormous head tilted forward.