Chinese Neolithic red pottery bowl, with short neck above a spreading body, decorated with repeating incised lines, on an undecorated foot, height 4.92 in. and diameter 6.69 in. Provenance: Purchased between 1938-1970, the Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter, hence by descent
- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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