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Stem cup

Stem cup

Chinese

Small round cup supported on an elongated, flared hollow stem that widens at the base, the stem perforated with three columns of four small circular openings; lightly burnished gray earthenware, the surface turned red after firing. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.

Earthenware

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

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