Description:
Red Pottery Tripod Ewer Gui, Neolithic Period, Dawenkou Culture, compressed globular vessel standing on three pointed mammiform legs, decorated with an incised band, everted rim and tubular C-shape handle, ht. 9 1/4 in.
Note: Purchased at Sotheby's, New York, March 30, 2006, Lot 2.
Estimate $5,000-7,000
Multiple chips at rim, nick to neck.
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