Chinese red pottery Yangshou culture flask, 5th millenium, Shaanxi. Provence, with onion shaped neck, above baluster tapering body, h22 cm reference: Regina Krahl, 'Drawn of yellow earth, ancient Chinese ceramics from Meiyantang Collection', China Institute, Ny 2000, p 49. Provenance: Purchased between 1938- 1970, the Estate of the late Walter Hochstadter, hence by descent. Many items from the Hochstadter Collection were sold at Christies 18th/19th March 2009, with lot 518 reaching 2 million US dollars. The collection has also been sold in Sotheby's and Mossgreen. Further notes on the life of Walter Hochstadter can be obtained from the office