1-233-393 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Painted pottery double cup, Yangshao culture, Machang type, China, c2500 BC. A double cup joined by a hollow tube at the base to allow liquid to pass from one cup to the other. A strap handle painted with black and red bands joins the lip and the lower body of both cups. The black band consists of quartered square windows in reserve with central dots. This pattern is repeated six times on the body and round the lip on each cup and once on each side of the connecting tube.