LARGE NEOLITHIC PAINTED POTTERY VESSEL, YANGSHAO / MAJIAYAO CULTURE, CIRCA 2500-2300BC, the bulbous sides painted with stylised human figures and scrolls, 36cm high FOOTNOTE: This lot is sold with an Oxford thermoluminescence certificate of authenticity. Provenance: British private collection, purchased from an exhibition at Fortnum & Mason, London, in the early 1990s.