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Jar

Jar

Chinese

Large jar with flared mouth, broad shoulders, and sides tapering inward to a small, flat base with a circular depression in the center; red earthenware with dark gray irregular markings from firing. Siwa culture. From the upper Yellow River valley region; Gansu of Shaanxi province.

Earthenware

Siwa culture, c. 1300-500 BCE

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