Double-handled jar

Large jar with flared rim, cylindrical neck, sloped shoulders, ovoid body, and two loop handles at the shoulders; coarse buff earthenware with geometric decoration painted in black slip and select areas embellished with red slip. Xindian culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province. Note: A sample taken from the base of this vessel was thermoluminescence (TL) tested at Oxford Authentication Ltd. in December 2000 and determined to be consistent with the suggested period of manufacture.