Lot 427. Two early painted pottery vessels, Neolithic Period, Gansu-Yangshao Culture. Sold for £ 10,200 (€ 11,884) © Bonhams

The first a large storage jar, the sloping upper body and cylindrical neck painted in black and dark red with sweeping spirals, the sides applied with two loop handles, 26.2cm (10 2/8in) high; the second, a bowl of compressed globular body and short tapering neck, decorated with geometric patterns, 20.2cm (8in) wide.

Bonhams. Roger Keverne Ltd Moving On (Part II), London, New Bond Street, 7 Jun 2021