Lot 140. A Banshan painted pottery jar, Neolithic period, Yangshao-Majiayao culture, 2600-2300 BCE; 14in (35.6cm) high. Estimate: 2,000-3,000 USD. Sold for US$ 5,250 (€ 4,512). © Bonhams 2001-2018

Potted with a cylindrical neck rising from broad rounded shoulders tapering towards the flat foot, the sides applied with two opposing loop handles, freely painted with crosshatch and sawtooth bands around the neck and large whorls and wave band encircling the shoulder, the lower body unadorned.

Provenance: Acquired Hong Kong 1980's.

Note: A nearly identically patterned jar from the Phyllis and Walter Shorenstein collection was sold at Christie's, New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1289.

From the Phyllis and Walter Shorenstein collection. A large painted red pottery jar, Neolithic period, Banshan culture, Gansu province, 3rd century BC; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 8,125 at Christie's, New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1289. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

The sloping upper body painted in black and dark red with sweeping spirals enclosing serrated edges, with a wave band below, the cylindrical neck painted with a dogtooth band below a band of fishnet pattern, with a pair of thin tabs projecting below the rim, and with a pair of lug handles applied at mid-body, the surface burnished.

Provenance: Andrew Kahane, Ltd., New York, 5 December 1988.

Bonhams. CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 10 Sep 2018, 10:00 EDT, NEW YORK