This 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 including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes. This particular example is made from a coarse gritty clay and has a wide flaring mouth...

This 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 including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes. This particular example is made from a coarse gritty clay and has a wide flaring mouth...

Several years ago we bought several Chinese Neolithic stone tools to sell from our shop in Brighton. They were excavated from Gansu province and we believe they are from the Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC). This is one of only three left that we have for sale. Length 15.5cm...

This large and extremely rare pottery jar was made by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age. This jar is of the Tangwang type and is not quite as coarse in its construction as some other Xindian vessels...

This attractively-shaped pottery jar was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC). The body is much more "globular" in shape than the majority of similar known Siwa jars. Two handles stretch from the wide saddle-shaped mouth to the shoulder of the vessel. It has a finely-burnished surface, very smooth to the touch...

This impressive 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 quite "heavily-potted" with a smooth surface and is fairly highly-fired. It has a short neck with flared mouth, and two sturdy loop handles on opposing sides at the waist...

This rare pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago. Although we are not sure from which Neolithic culture it originates, it does have similarities to pottery of the Xindian Culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). It has a convex base with two wide loop handles and a castellated rim. The entire outer surface has been decorated with repeated bands of lightly incised lines.

A good size with a height of 18.5 cm (7.25 inches)...

This fine pottery jar was made some 4,000 years ago. Although it was excavated from Gansu province, we are not certain from which Neolithic culture it derives although it is probably a product of the Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC).  It is well-made and quite highly-fired, having a distinct ring when tapped. The lower body has been decorated with an impressed, almost spiral pattern...

This tall and attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Qijia Culture in eastern Gansu province, China dating from approx...

This tall and attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Qijia Culture in eastern Gansu province, China dating from approx. 2050 - 1700 BC. It is relatively highly-fired. The varying colours of the surface are as a result of uneven conditions in the Neolithic kiln during firing. The lower surface has been decorated with repeated vertical impressions. At the waist are two loop handles, with the surface ...

This 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 including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes. This jar is constructed from a rather unrefined, coarse and gritty clay. It has been decorated by repeatedly impressing thin pieces of cord to the surface. It is rather crudely made and a little `lops...

This rare pottery vessel was made some 4,000 years ago. Although we are not certain from which Neolithic culture it derives, we think it likely to have been made by people of the Xiajiadian culture (c. 2300 - 1600 BC) from Inner Mongolia. It is quite "heavily-potted" and has a smooth burnished surface. It is tempting to think that the indentation at the base of the neck was purpose-made, but more likely it is a firing bubble!

Height 13 cm. There i...

This very rare pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes as well as a variety of finer vessels such as this, with none, one, two or three handles, although those with three handles are by far the rarest. It is relatively high...

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 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...