Yangshao culture painted pottery geometric pattern basin

[Yangshao culture painted pottery geometric pattern basin]

painted pottery geometric pattern basin is a Neolithic Banpo type of Yangshao culture, with a height of 16.4 cm and a diameter of 37.4 cm
The basin has a folded edge, a deep straight belly, and a round bottom. Clay red pottery. The border of the mouth and the outer abdomen are painted with black color, and the upper edge of the mouth is painted with water ripples positioned by points. The abdomen is painted with two layers of triangular geometric patterns. The size and shape of the two layers of triangular patterns are the same, but the direction is opposite. It may be evolved from the fish pattern. The shape and decoration of this painted pottery basin have the typical characteristics of the painted pottery of the Banpo type of Yangshao culture in the Neolithic Age (about 4800~3900 BC)
The fish pattern is a common decoration in the painted pottery of the Banpo type of Yangshao culture. The famous painted pottery basin with the fish pattern on the human face in Xi’an Banpo depicts the image of a person holding fish on his face and mouth, which shows the connection between fish and people’s life in Banpo.

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