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A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY JAR, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, YANGSHAO CULTURE
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY JAR, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, YANGSHAO CULTURE

China, c. 3000 BC. Well potted with a globular body rising from a tapered foot to a short neck with an everted rim and set with a pair of loop handles, the exterior freely painted in black and red with medallions filled with a dotted lozenge diaper above a wave border, the decoration continuing onto the interior of the mouth.

Provenance: From the private collection of Erik Maten and Hans van der Veer, Deventer, Netherlands. Erik Maten (born 1944) is an Indologist and lawyer, who studied Sanskrit with a minor in Art History at the University of Utrecht, later reading law at the University of Amsterdam. Together with his partner, Hans van der Veer (born 1951), a metallographer, Maten started an esteemed collection, part of which is now housed in the Asian Pavilion, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The couple primarily collect South and Southeast Asian sculptures, especially bronzes, supplemented with thangkas as well as Japanese scroll paintings and prints.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, signs of weathering, encrustations, nicks, scratches, and minuscule losses. Repairs and touchups as generally expected from Neolithic excavations.

Weight: 4,075 g
Dimensions: Height 35.4 cm

The Yangshao culture, a Neolithic civilization that thrived along the middle reaches of the Yellow River from approximately 5000 BC to 3000 BC, is one of the earliest significant cultures in ancient China. Named after the Yangshao site in western Henan, this culture was first unearthed in 1921 by Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson. Yangshao communities were spread across the regions of Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi, marking an early phase of agricultural and artistic development in China. Yangshao artisans made pottery entirely by hand, shaping clay vessels without wheels and using techniques like coiling and smoothing to form various sizes and shapes. They decorated these pieces with white, red, and black mineral-based pigments, applying human faces, animal figures, fish, and geometric patterns in balanced, symmetrical designs.

Many motifs had symbolic meanings, possibly linked to agriculture, nature, and community rituals. The bold designs emphasized the vessels’ contours and were often framed with intricate, looping lines and spirals. These pottery styles gradually spread westward to influence the Majiayao culture and reached as far as Xinjiang and Central Asia, demonstrating the reach of Yangshao’s artistry.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related Yangshao culture jar in the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver, object number Edz4336.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 4 August 2021, lot 40
Price: USD 2,722 or approx. EUR 3,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A chinese Neolithic painted pottery jar, Yangshao Culture, 3rd-2nd Millennium BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note the related size (36.8 cm) and the significant condition issues of this jar with the neck and foot restored.

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