Lot 224. A Dark Red Pottery Two-Handled Jar, Warring States Period (475-221 BC); 17½in. (44.4cm.) across. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price realised USD 7,638. © Christie's Image Limited

Impressed allover with diaper pattern and set on the high shoulder with a pair of ropetwist handles, the short neck flaring to a slightly everted rim, of dark purplish-red color.

Note: A jar with impressed decoration and with ropetwist handles is illustrated by M. Uragami, Ancient Chinese Ceramics from the Neolithic Period to the Western Han, Tokyo, 1991, p. 72, no. 116.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art, New York, 21 September 2000