When was the painted pottery basin with fish pattern unearthed from Banpo site in Xi City, Shaanxi Province, China?

Painted pottery basin with fish pattern on its surface is called "Painted pottery basin with fish pattern on its surface in Neolithic Age", which is the remains of Yangshao culture in Neolithic Age. It is a kind of pottery in the early Neolithic period, which is mostly used as the coffin cover of children's urns and coffins, and is a special burial tool. Now it is collected in the National Museum of China, which belongs to the national first-class cultural relics.

The pottery basin is16.5cm high and 39.8cm in diameter. It is made of fine clay red pottery, with open and curly lips. The edge of the mouth is painted with intermittent black ribbons, and the inner wall is painted with two groups of symmetrical human face fish patterns in black.

A person's face is round, with a bun-like tip and fin-like decoration on the top of his head. The right half of the forehead is painted black, and the left half is painted black and semi-arc. Eyes are thin and straight, like closed eyes. The bridge of the nose is straight, forming an inverted T-shape. There is a deformed fish pattern on the left and right sides of the mouth, and the fish head coincides with the outline of the mouth, which seems to contain two big fish in the mouth at the same time.

In addition, two relatively small fish were separated at the ear of the human face, thus forming a mermaid with a strange image. Between two faces, there are two big fish chasing.

Extended data:

Fish face pattern is one of the decorative patterns of ancient pottery in China. The pattern is close to the patterned face, often combined with the fish-shaped pattern, which reflects the desire of people to pray for fishing and hunting in primitive times and the rich imagination in painting creation. This kind of ornamentation can be found in Banpo type of Yangshao culture in Neolithic Age and Majiayao culture pottery in Gansu Province.

The body pattern of mermaid is the combination of human face and fish shape, which has the special meaning that fish contains people and is the most representative decorative pattern.

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