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Wide-mouthed jar

Wide-mouthed jar

Chinese

Globular jar with indented neck, broad body, lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base, and with two strap handles attached from rim to shoulders; buff earthenware with crosshatched decoration painted in black slip on neck and body. Siba culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region, probably Gansu province.

Earthenware with bichrome slip-painted decoration

Siba culture, c. 2000-1600 BCE

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