CHINESE MAJIAYAO PAINTED POTTERY VASE

eolithic period, ca. 3300 - 2050 BC > A slender-necked ovoid pottery vase with a pair of loop handles on the upper body. The front surface is painted in dark pigment on pale terracotta ground: the upper register depicts swirling patterns evoking rushing river rapids, while the lower elements resemble fishhooks, linked to the nature worship of prehistoric communities. The reverse bears simplified symbolic motifs. > > Size: 335mm x 230mm; Weight: 1.26kg > Provenance: Private UK Collection, acquired in Hong Kong prior to the 1990s. > >

估價:$401.23

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