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Unknown — A red pottery plain boat-form flask with pricked designs, Yangshao culture, Banpo phase, c. 4800-4300 BC 仰韶文化 半坡類型 紅陶錐刺紋船形壺
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A red pottery plain boat-form flask with pricked designs, Yangshao culture, Banpo phase, c. 4800-4300 BC 仰韶文化 半坡類型 紅陶錐刺紋船形壺

A red pottery boat-form flask from the Yangshao culture, Banpo phase, dating to approximately 4800-4300 BC. The vessel features pricked designs and represents one of China's earliest ceramic traditions.

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Ancient Civilisations III – Neolithic Pottery including the Collection of Ronald W. Longsdorf

May 25, 2023

Estimate: $260,000$280,000

Lot 808

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Unknown, A red pottery plain boat-form flask with pricked designs, Yangshao culture, Banpo phase, c. 4800-4300 BC 仰韶文化 半坡類型 紅陶錐刺紋船形壺

A red pottery boat-form flask from the Yangshao culture, Banpo phase, dating to approximately 4800-4300 BC. The vessel features pricked designs and represents one of China's earliest ceramic traditions.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Boat-Form, Archaeological, Yangshao Culture, Red Pottery, Pricked Design, Ancient Chinese, Banpo Phase, Neolithic

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art