<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><pres:item xmlns:pres="http://kulturarvsdata.se/presentation#"><pres:version>1.3.0</pres:version><pres:buildDate>2026-08-26</pres:buildDate><pres:itemLabel>kärl, husgeråd, kruka, vessel, pot</pres:itemLabel><pres:dataQuality>Rådata</pres:dataQuality><pres:id>100289</pres:id><pres:service>objekt</pres:service><pres:organization xml:lang="sv">Statens museer för världskultur - Östasiatiska museet</pres:organization><pres:organizationShort>SMVK-OM</pres:organizationShort><pres:type xml:lang="sv">Föremål</pres:type><pres:entityUri>http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-OM/objekt/100289</pres:entityUri><pres:idLabel>K-05051</pres:idLabel><pres:description xml:lang="sv">Kruka av målad keramik, från Kina.</pres:description><pres:content>Insamlat i Kina av Johan Gunnar Andersson., Kina före Kina M1:12, Myrdal, Eva (2004). Kina före Kina. Stockholm: Östasiatiska museet, Function: Urn deposited in a grave.  
Acquisition: Bought in 1923-24 in Ningding xian, Waguanzui, Gansu province by the Swedish archaeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson during the Chinese-Swedish archaeological field work in NW China. The whole collection of neolithic material was brought to Sweden for publication. According to the Chinese-Swedish agreement, the archaeological collection was split in half. Material that was to go back to China was sent in seven shipments between 1927 and 1936. Material that was to remain in Sweden formed the basis of the collection of what became the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities.  
Why this is a masterpiece
The urn represents high quality neolithic craftsmanship and painting with a symbolically interesting pattern of gourds and cowrie shells. Forming part of the first collection of Chinese painted neolithic pottery to be scientifically documented and studied adds to its culture-historical value.

History of the Object
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