A painted pottery bowl. Neolithic Yangshao, Majiayao Carefully formed with a rolled rim, waisted neck and in-curving walls, the interior painted with figural reserves surrounding a central spiral roundel and the exterior walls applied with flange handles...

A painted pottery jar. Neolithic Period, Majiayao Culture (Machang) Thinly formed with a waisted neck and body of inverted pear form, painted at the shoulder with a wide band of opposing anthropomorphic figures separated by checkerboard roundels, all...