Ancient Civilisations II – Neolithic Pottery including the Collection of Ronald W. Longsdorf

Ancient Civilisations II – Neolithic Pottery including the Collection of Ronald W. Longsdorf

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 828. A large pottery cup, Qijia culture, 2050 - 1700 B.C. 齊家文化 陶盃.

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A large pottery cup, Qijia culture, 2050 - 1700 B.C. 齊家文化 陶盃

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November 25, 03:34 AM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 20,000 HKD

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Property from the Ronald W. Longsdorf Collection

A large pottery cup,

Qijia culture, 2050 - 1700 B.C.

Ronald W. Longsdorf 收藏

齊家文化 陶盃


h. 12.1 cm

Ronald W. Longsdorf, The Pottery Age: An Appreciation of Neolithic Ceramics from China, Circa 7000 BC - Circa 1000 BC, Hong Kong, 2020, pl. 77.


Ronald W. Longsdorf, 《陶誌:中國新石器時代陶器 約西元前7000年 – 前1000年》,香港,2020年,圖版77

The low centre of gravity of the cup, contributed by the rounded lower section tapering to a small base, would have lent the cup a higher sense of stability, even when filled. See a similar Qijia culture pottery cup, illustrated in Simon Kwan, Chinese Neolithic Pottery, Hong Kong, 2005, no. 108.

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