Jar North-Western China (Gansu-Qinghai), Neolithic, Majiayao Culture (3rd millennium BCE), Terracotta with painted decoration. Spherical shape. Flat circular base. Two handles around the belly. Clay color tending towards grey, uniform, thickness mm. 6.
This vase comes from excavations carried out by the Swedish archaeologist Dr. J. Gunnar Andersson in 1923 in the Gansu area in northwestern China. Note the extreme thinness of the body.
In the Museum since 1963. Gift of Cassa di Risparmio di Parma e Piacenza.
