Description (Physical description)
Potsherds with impressed designs, most from different vessels.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card in hand of Louis Clarke: 'Some specimens from Lamma Island, mostly from mainland near Castle Peak. Surface finds.'
Event Date 1936
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Amendments / updates)
In October 2012, Ray M.K. Ma, Assistant Curator, Antiquities & Monuments Office, Hong Kong examined these sherds and identified them as being from the Bronze Age. The Period field has been updated accordingly, as previously there was no period given.
Event Date 2/10/2012
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Slightly everted, curving rim sherd of buff fabric decorated on exterior with repeated, impressed, curvaceous geometric motifs.
Event Date 31/10/2023
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Amendments / updates)
A vessel with similar low relief trellis pattern to that on 1936.313 A, dating to the Han dynasty, appears in Lin, James C.S. (2012) 'The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China', p. 318, plate 191. 1936.313 A is also impressed with similar curvaceous geometric motifs to this sherd. The period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 31/10/2023
Author: Heather Donoghue