Cishan culture red pottery bowl and support

[Cishan culture red pottery pots and supports]

Red pottery pots and supports, Neolithic Cishan culture, with a height of 20 cm. Bowl: height 9.5 cm, caliber 10.5 cm, bottom diameter 11.3 cm. Support: 10.5cm.
The bowl (y ú yin yu) has a flat bottom, the bottom diameter is slightly larger than the caliber, and there are round ornaments on both sides of the mouth. Sand red pottery with rough surface. The support is composed of three independent supports, with a similar quadrilateral support on the support and a circular ring foot below. The bowl can be used to hold food and water. When it is placed on the support, it can be heated. Sand in clay can improve the resistance to rapid heat and cold of pottery. In Cishan culture pottery, the support for cooking utensils is quite unique
Red pottery appeared earlier and has been found in early Neolithic sites. The middle Neolithic culture, such as the Cishan culture in Wu’an, Hebei, and the Pei Ligang culture in Xinzheng, Henan, are all dominated by firing red pottery. After the Xia and Shang dynasties, the firing of red pottery declined gradually.

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