Neolithic

Lot 118. An extremely rare Neolithic black-painted red pottery 'ithyphallic' bowl, Pen, Qinghai Province, Majiayao Culture (c. 3900-3500 BCE); 13 5/8in (34.5cm) across the rim. Sold for US$20,400 (Estimate US$15,000-20,000). © Bonhams 2001-2023 the conical lower sides rising from a flat circular foot and rounded and incurving toward the everted rim, the interior smooth, and finely burnished, and painted with three oval roundels each with five standing 'ithyphallic' figures holding hands in a... [Lire la suite]

Polished black pottery vase, Neolithic, Longshan Culture (about 2600 BC - 2000 BC). Height 28.7 cm, diameter 7 cm, bottom diameter 6.3 cm. Unearthed in Wadian, Yuzhou, Henan in 1997. Henan Museum Collection. This black pottery looks like it is made of two pottery pots glued up and down, the top is large and the bottom is small. Flared mouth, straight belly, lower belly turned outward, goble-shaped feet turned outward, belly and feet decorated with string patterns. Fine texture, polished surface. Among the... [Lire la suite]

Double painted pottery pot, Neolithic, Yangshao Culture (about 5000 BC-3000 BC), 21 cm high. Unearthed in Dahe Village, Zhengzhou, Henan in 1972. Henan Museum Collection. This pot is made of clay and red pottery. The whole vessel is in the form of two pots side by side. The two belly are connected by an oval hole, and the outer sides of the two pots each have a vertical ear. The body of the pot is painted in black color, with vertical or oblique lines inside the parallel lines. According to ethnological... [Lire la suite]

  Bone flute, Neolithic Peiligang Culture (about 6100-5000 BC), 23.1 cm long. Unearthed in Jiahu, Wuyang, Henan, 1986-1987. Collection of Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology More than 20 bone flutes made of crane wing bones were unearthed at the Jiahu site in Wuyang. The bone pipes of these bone flutes are engraved with equal division marks, indicating that they have been carefully calculated before drilling, and some of them have also used small holes to adjust the pitch... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. A large Neolithic jade ceremonial blade, Neolithic period (4th-2nd millenium BC); 31.5cm (12 3/8in) long. Sold for 25 000 €. Photo Fabrice Gousset. Of tapering rectangular form, terminating in a pointed blade end, the finely polished stone of dark grey-green hue with rich creamy russet mottled inclusions, a neatly cut circular aperture to the upper section. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935.Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021). Note: Jade ge of the Xia, Shang... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2053. A natural rootwood sculpture and two Neolithic mammoth teeth; 9.7 to 44.5 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 10,080 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Chinese Online, including a Private Hong Kong Collection, Hong Kong, 2 July 2021

Neolithic Çatalhüyük Terracotta Fertility Goddess, 6000 BCE - 5000 BCE. Terracotta, 17.1 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm, 6 3/4 x 4 x 4 in, LO.554, POA. Courtesy Barakat Gallery. LONDON.- ‘Unglazed’ presents eight millennia of ceramic art from around the world, emphasising how diverse cultures have transformed clay into myriad forms for thousands of years. In contrast to the smooth, frictionless and glossy surfaces that typify today’s digital culture, this exhibition celebrates the earthy ‘unglazed’ quality of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 104. A rare archaic mottled-green jade vessel, cong, Neolithic, Liangzhu Culture (3400–2250 BC); 8.5cm (3 3/8in) wide. Estimate: HK$600,000 - HK$800,000. Sold for HK$ 1,875,625 (€ 213,529) inc. premium. © Bonhams 2001-2019 The thick-walled cong carved in a square form, the sides carved with a stylised mask at each of the four corners, each mask formed of two long bars above a shorter bar representing the hair and nose, flanked by two incised rounded eyes, the stone with a glossy... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1607. A painted pottery jar, Neolithic, Majiayao culture (ca. 3300–2050 BC). D. 18,5 cm. Estimate 100 €. Lot sold 160 €. Courtesy Nagel Age measurement confirmed by Thermoluminescence Analysis 20th February 2008 (Oxford Authentication, no. C108e94). Nagel. "Asiatische Kunst - Salzburg", 07.12.2017

Lot 1599. A decorated pottery double jar with rope impressions, Neolithic, Qijia culture, first half of the 2nd millenium BC. H. 13 cm. Estimate 500 €. Lot sold 300 €. Courtesy Nagel Age measurement confirmed by Thermoluminescence Analysis 30th November 1998 (Oxford Authentication, no. C298j1).  Provenance: Former Collection Julius Eberhardt. Nagel. "Asiatische Kunst - Salzburg", 06.12.2017