Art of East Asia: Neolithic & Bronze Age China
Four vessels from Shandung province. Beginning in about 2500 B.C.E. and
lasting until about 1800 B.C.E. the Long Shan culture gradually superseded
the later phases of the Yang Shao culture through out the Huang he valley.
In this culture, the burial goods are of many types, painted pottery that
is closely related to the later Yang Shao phases, and innovative ware primarily
of two types, a gray ware with textured finishes and a polished black ware
with a slip finish. In these later wares there are examples of the Li type
design in which a vessel will be in the form of a tripod with open, hollow
legs. Other goblets and cups are virtual predictors of modern designs that
continue to the present day in Chinese art.
