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1-02 Chinese Art - Volume I
Pictures
1. Neolithic earthenware jar - Yang-shao culture from Kansu, Ma-ch'ang type - Neolithic period

Globular jar with short narrow neck spreading to an everted lip and two loop side-handles, of buff earthenware, with painted anthropomorphic designs in unfired black and brown pigments (height 21,7 cm).

2. Neolithic earthenware vase - From Hsin-tien in Kansu - Late Neolithic period

Vase with tapering body, sloping shoulders and long tapering neck, expanding slightly to the lip, fitted with two loop side-handles, of coarse pale buff earthenware, painted in unfired black pigment with a simple scroll on the shoulder and a broad key-fret band round the neck (height 43,5 cm).

3. Neolithic earthenware jar - Yang-shao culture from Kansu - Neolithic period

Jar with pear-shaped body and flanged neck, with two small loop handles at the position of maximum diameter, of reddish-buff earthenware painted in unfired black pigment, which almost covers the whole piece, leaving vertical bands of alternate buff and black stripes at intervals on the upper part of the body, with three broad black bands round the neck, and on the lower part, of waves in a similar technique (height 20,6 cm).

4. Neolithic earthenware jar - Yang-shao culture from Kansu, Ma-chia type - Neolithic period

Ovoid jar with narrow slightly spreading neck, of buff earthenware, painted in unfired black pigment with concentric bands and spirals, the spirals being filled with 'headless frogs' (height 36,4 cm).

5. Neolithic earthenware bowl - Yang-shao culture from Kansu, Ma-chia type - Neolithic period

Shallow bowl with tapering foot and flanged rim, of buff earthenware, painted in unfired black pigment with a 'swimming frog' with curved legs, broad head and large eyes in the centre, surrounded by a border of curved bands enclosing 'eyes'. Outside three simple horizontal bands (diameter 23,1 cm).

6. Neolithic earthenware jar - Yang-shao culture from Kansu, Ma-chia type - Neolithic period

Ovoid jar with narrow cylindrical neck and two loop side-handles, of buff earthenware painted in black unfired pigment to give stylised four-petalled flowers in reserve. Horizontal bands round the neck and foot (height 15,0 cm).

7. Neolithic earthenware jar - From Lo-han-t'ang in Kansu, Late Neolithic, perhaps Ssu-wa period - 7th century B.C.

Jar with body tapering to a small base, rounded shoulders and wide spreading mouth, fitted with two side-handles between the shoulder and the mouth, decorated with a serrated band in applied relief on the upper part of the shoulder, of dark grey earthenware (height 29,7 cm).

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