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Conjoined jars

Conjoined jars

Chinese

Small twin jars with short necks, globular bodies, and strap loop handles, the jars joined at the body, with an opening between them on the interior; buff earthenware with geometric decoration painted in orange-red slip. Qijia culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu, Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.

Earthenware with slip-painted decoration

Qijia culture, c. 2300-1500 BCE

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