This rare and unusual pottery dish was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture, also known as the Gansu-Yangshao culture, from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. Although quite crude by the standard of some Machang pottery, it is very interesting. The underside shows the marks of the shaping tool and it can clearly be seen that a separate strip of clay was used to construct the rim. There are two lugs on opposing sides at the rim, each with a small hole. It has been decorated in geometric patterns with two different mineral-based pigments. In places on the underside are marks left by ancient root/plant growths during its long burial.

Diameter 19.5 cm. Some surface wear. No repair or restoration. 

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