Neolithic and Bronze Age Pottery

Shandong Longshan Culture C. 2400 - 2000 BCE

This elegant cup is made of black egg-shell pottery with a pleasing burnished patina. Some repairs to the rim and foot.

Bronze Age Baijingbao Culture C.950 BCE

This small red/yellow pottery jar has a squashed ovate body with a short everted mouth with embossed geometric designs

Yanshao Culture; Banpo type C. 4800 - 4300 BCE

A large red pottery bowl formed of smoothed, coiled clay with a beautiful burnished patina. This piece is in near perfect condition, with no repair or restoration.
This piece has been subjected to a Thermoluminescence Test.

Dawenkou Culture C. 4300 - 2400 BCE

Red pottery jug (gui) with distinctive baggy legs, a chord-form handle, and elongated spout. Some repairs to the leg and body.

Hongshan culture C. 4500 - 3000 BCE

A grey pottery vase/cup of simple form with two ring-form handles on opposing sides.

Bronze Age, Xindian Culture C. 1200 - 500 BCE

A red pottery vessel of squashed ovate form with a wide everted mouth, the piece has two ring-form handles on opposing sides. It is decorated with two bands of geometric patterns.

Qijia Culture C. 2050 - 1700 BCE

This beautiful vase has an ovate body tapering to a narrow mouth with an everted lip. A handle joins from the shoulder of the body to the underside of the lip. The piece has a good patina with a pleasing blush on one side of the body. Some repairs to the body.

Hongshan Culture C.4500 - 3000 BCE

This vase has an ovate form body with a tall cylindrical neck.