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This fine book covers all anyone needs to know about Chinese Jade, concentrating on the fine collection of Chinese jades in The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Jades from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasty and 20th century are described, discussed and illustrated. Included are jades from the Qing imperial court...

This impressive pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC). From its base, the body spreads out to a wide waist and then tapers in a little before spreading out again to form the wide saddle-shaped mouth. There are two loop handles that join the shoulder to the rim...

This pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has been fired to an attractive orange-red and has a finely-burnished surface making it very smooth to the touch and a pleasure to handle. For its type it has an unusually wide body with a relatively small flat base...

This attractively-shaped pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has been fired to a very attractive orange-red and has a finely-burnished surface making it very smooth to the touch and a pleasure to handle. It has a wide body with a relatively small flat base...

This pottery jar was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province. They produced a variety of pottery vessels of many shapes and sizes. This particular example is of an unusual and attractive shape with its globular body, short neck and flaring mouth, and is made from quite a "gritty" clay...

This pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago during the Machang Phase (c. 2300 - 2000 BC) of the Majiayao culture. The upper body and inside the mouth have been decorated with geometric patterns in purple and black mineral-based pigments, this prior to being fired in the Neolithic kiln. 

Height 9.5 cm (3.75 inches), diameter 12.5 cm (5 inches)...

This twin-handled pottery jar 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...

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...

This pottery jar 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...

This pottery jar 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. The upper part of the outer surface and the inside of the mouth have been coated in a reddish-brown wash, on top of which has been applied geometric patterns in a dark mineral-based pigment, all prior to being fired in the Neolithic kiln. There ...

This pottery jar 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. The outer surface and inner mouth have been decorated with geometric patterns using fired-on mineral-based pigments of two different colours. The inside of the mouth is discoloured by some kind of dark deposit; we do not know if this was caused ...

This pottery jar 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. The colour of the pottery varies slightly from pale brown to a more reddish brown due to uneven conditions in the Neolithic kiln. The outer surface and inner mouth have been decorated with geometric patterns using fired-on mi...

This pottery jar 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. The outer surface has been decorated with geometric patterns applied using two different coloured mineral-based pigments that have been fired on. This particular pattern is very rare. There are two small loop handles joined at the shoulder and m...

This pottery jar 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. It is a fine-quality example, thinly potted and with a particularly smooth surface. The outer surface and inner mouth have been decorated with geometric patterns using two different coloured fired-on mineral-based pigments. Strips of clay have b...

This pottery jar 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. This jar is a little larger and more "heavily-potted" than most similar examples of its type. The outer surface and inner mouth have been decorated with unusual geometric patterns using two different coloured fired-on mineral-based pigments. The...