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Wide-mouthed jar

Wide-mouthed jar

Chinese

Small wide-mouthed jar with globular body, short neck, flared mouth rim, circular pedestal base, and two lug handles at the shoulders; medium gray earthenware with lightly burnished and darkened surface. Liangzhu culture. From the lower Yangzi River region; Jiangsu or Zhejiang province.

Gray earthenware

Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCE

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