Small Neolithic Pot from Qijia Culture Chinese Neolithic PeriodThis is a handmade buff color pottery pot with two small earlugs from the Qijia Culture. a bronze age culture (2050 1700 BCE) in the upper region of Yellow River in Gansu Province, Northwest China. It was intended as a funerary object and its purpose was to be used as a container. Still there is attention to detail with the ring around the mouth that resembles pie crust and the all over texture of the pot possibly made by impression of a piece of

t The bottle is in good shape

It was the "egg yok over egg white" design that attracted me to this bottle

Dimensions:Please note the measurements given included the base

The complete inscription reads "painted in the winter month of the 丙寅 year

It has a bespoke or custom made stopper to enhance its appearance

it is the only one of its kind

Condition: in good original condition with worn areas

The surface of the bottle is very smooth and it feels good in the hand

The sides are made of two rectangular planes

It is related to the story of Liu Hai

wood stopper and bone spoon

The active dating for Zhou Ji is 1900's to 1930's