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Small jar with two strap handles

Small jar with two strap handles

Chinese

Small jar with lightly constricted waist, flat base, and two strap handles attached from rim to just below waist; light gray earthenware with applique elements and incised decoration. Longshan culture; from the middle Yellow River valley region; Shaanxi, Shanxi, or Henan province.

Gray earthenware

Neolithic period, Longshan culture, c. 3000-1900 BCE

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