Pouring vessel in the shape of a waterfowl

The bird model, one early motif commonly found in northern Neolithic pottery of the Yellow River basin, has a parallel in the pottery designs of the southern riverain cultures of the Yangzi Valley. Northern bird-shaped vessels emerged in Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. Banshan waterfowl-shaped jars, mostly unearthed from the central region of Gansu, were inspired by birdlike jars found in the southeastern region of the province in the earliest Majiayao phase, where they persisted into the subsequent Machang phase.