Lot 934. A Neolithic painted pottery jar, Majiayao culture, Banshan type, Gansu province, late 3rd millenium BC. Diameter 8 in., 20.4 cm. Estimate 800 — 1,200 USD. Lot sold 1,750 USD. © Sotheyby's

of globular form with an upright flared neck, painted with wide vertical black and red geometric bands, a trellis pattern covering the body between each band, with parallel lines painted to the interior of the neck.

Exhibited: A Walk into China's Past, Art Center of Battle Creek, Michigan, 1976, cat. no. 2.