A Mortuary Urn
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1948
- Dimensions
- 33 cm
- Art Fund grant
- £40 (Total: £40)
- Vendor
- Sotheby's
A mortuary urn from the Chinese Neolithic period.
Unglazed, so called Pan-Shan style from Lan Chou in China depressed ovoid form, two lug handles, pinkish-buff earthenware with bold swirling design, enclosing 'bull's eye' motifs.
Provenance
N.S.Brown
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