Painted Pot with Swirls Design

Date: Banshan Type, Majiayao Culture (2600-2300 BC), Late Neolithic Age
Dimensions: Height 40 cm, Diameter of mouth 13.6 cm, Diameter of bottom 13.7 cm
Weight: 3,920 g
Material: Pottery

Description

Named after the excavated Banshan Tomb in Gansu province, Banshan Type is the most typical pottery of Majiayao Culture with a history of about 4,300 to 4,600 years. Banshan Type painted pottery usually adopts black paints, mainly featuring various geometrical patterns, many of which are edged with black saw-tooth design in sleek and dynamic lines, presenting a vivid aesthetic feeling of primitive art. The pottery with its fine and smooth paste, full and plump shape and dense and complex pattern, possesses the typical features of Banshan Type painted pottery.

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