Neolithic period
The sloping upper body painted with four medallions enclosing geometric patterns surrounded by repeating circular bands, flanked by a pair of loop handles.
38.7cm (15 1/4in) high.
Footnotes
新石器時代 彩繪陶罐
Provenance: Acquired in 1995 (collector's notes)
Published and Illustrated: M. White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 3, n.p., 2022, p.3
See a similar jar, Neolithic, in the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, accession number 47.109, and another sold at Bonhams New York, 17th March 2025, lot 78.