A grey pottery jar Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 B.C. 良渚文化 灰陶貫耳壺

Ronald W. Longsdorf, The Pottery Age: An Appreciation of Neolithic Ceramics from China, Circa 7000 BC - Circa 1000 BC, Hong Kong, 2020, pl. 65.

Ronald W. Longsdorf, 《陶誌：中國新石器時代陶器 約公元前7000年 – 前1000年》，香港，2020年，圖版65

This wheel-turned vessel has two lug handles applied to the rim, a form classic of the Liangzhu culture although exist in minor variations. The thin wall of the jar and simplicity of form are reminiscent of the Longshan 'eggshell' pottery stemcups, although Liangzhu wares are typically made of pale grey clay.

Such examples are usually undecorated, as seen on a similar example from the Meiyintang collection, illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, Vol. III, London, 2006, no. 1072. Compare also an example decorated with raised fillets, illustrated in Jinshan Museum (ed.), Fascinating Charm of Ancient Pottery: Exquisite Pottery of Jinshan Museum, Shanghai, 2015, p. 203.