ceramic
ceramic
geometric
prehistoric
Dimensions 5 x 12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (12.7 x 32.07 x 32.07 cm)
This Basin was made at some point in history by Majiayao. Look at this swirling pattern. Imagine the artist carefully painting each line, going round and round in black against the earthenware. The black paint has a subtle sheen that looks so satisfying. It's not quite perfect – the lines wobble and shift, like the potter's wheel might have shuddered as they worked. I can imagine the artist taking breaks and looking at the emerging painting, their mind thinking about the relationship between the lines and the circles around the rim. The dark circle in the middle feels like the artist has found their center. It's so interesting that they're in conversation with us, across so much time.
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The form of this thin-walled, hand-built basin follows a Banpo type shape of the Yangshao culture that was already in use nearly a thousand years before this vessel was made. The wide rounded bowl has a fairly small flat base and an everted rim with a broad, rounded rim flange. Typical of much Majiayao ware, it is made of yellowish-brown earthenware, extensively painted in overall concentric and spiral patterns. It is exquisitely burnished imparting a rich luster to its interior surface.
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