Lot 393. A pottery ewer, Neolithic, Qijia culture, first half of the 2nd millennium BC. H. 20,3 cm. Estimate 1.500/2.500 €. Lot sold 1.600 €. Courtesy Nagel

With an ovoid body, a tapering neck with domed top, double-lobed opening and tubular spout, flat strap handle. Tool marks. 

Age measurement confirmed by Thermoluminescence Analysis 30th November 1998 (Oxford Authentication, No. C289h99). 

Provenance: Bought in 1997 from L.H.W. Investment & Trading Limited, Hong Kong.

Described and illustrated in: Regina Krahl: Collection Julius Eberhardt. Early Chinese Art, vol. 1, Hong Kong 1999, p. 64f.

For a similar pottery ewer see Okazaki Takashi: Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 10: Chinese Prehistoric and Ancient Periods, Tokyo 1982, pl. 130.