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Mallet shaped bottle

Mallet shaped bottle

Chinese

Small bottle with flared mouth, cylindrical neck, angled shoulders, cylindrical body, and flat base; buff earthenware with traces of decoration painted in red pigment. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.

Earthenware with traces of painted decor

Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE

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