A Neolithic Painted Black Pottery Tripod Vessel

INNER MONGOLIA, XIAJIADIAN CULTURE, CIRCA 1500 B.C. The tall slightly waisted body decorated with two registers of cruciform scrolls within rectangular double line borders joined at the corners mid-body by four-point stars with circular centers, the thick everted rim similarly decorated on the interior, all in pale orange and white pigment reserved on a black ground. Painted terracotta 10 in. x 5.875 in. PRICE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST