Lot 200 , A large Chinese Neolithic pottery jar, late third Millennium BC, possibly Majiayao culture, 31 cm high

A large Chinese Neolithic pottery jar, late third Millennium BC, possibly Majiayao culture, painted in black and red pigments with crossed crosshatched panels and applied with a pair of ring shaped handles to the lower half of the body,

Provenance- from the collection of the vendor’s late father who collected Chinese works of art in Hong Kong from 1950 to the 1970s. He lived in Shanghai from 1947-48 and became a successful businessman living and working in Hong Kong from 1949 until his death in 1994. 31 cm high
£300-500

Condition:
Without major damage; some scuffs to darker pigments, clearly visible, none serious.

Sold for £650