6th-4th millennium BC. A ceramic vessel with wide mouth and short neck widening to sloping shoulders; globular body narrowing to the flat base; applied strap handles to the equator; upper body and neck decorated with painted geometric patterns. See Song, L. Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011. 2537 grams, 32cm height (12 1/2"). Ex North London gentleman; formerly in a private collection formed between 1990 and 2000. Fine condition, chip to rim.