Double-handled jar

The small ears combined with a human face in profile just below the mouthrim is a device peculiar to early jars of the Majiayao culture. Here, the double-handled jar resting on a flat base has two "ears" with combed edged and two loop handles. The tall, cylindrical neck over a globular body is seen in many jars of the early Banshan phase which were produced in an area spreading along the upper Wei River basin. The primary decorative scheme of these Banshan jars presents a main motif enclosed within an oscillating border of saw-toothed bands in black and shades of red.