Chinese Warring States Pottery Vessel w/ Stamped Design

East Asia, China, Warring States period, ca. 475 to 221 BCE. A hand-built pottery jar of a squat form with a concave base, a compressed apple-shaped body, and a squat rim. Dense netted patterns are impressed into the vessel to give it a textured surface for gripping with the absence of handles. Size: 6.9" W x 4.125" H (17.5 cm x 10.5 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, acquired before 2013 from various auction houses in London, UK and New York, USA

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#138876
Condition Report: Minor nicks and abrasions to rim, body, and base, with light encrustations within body, and softening to some impressed patterning, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.