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Pedestal dish

Pedestal dish

Chinese

Shallow circular dish raised on a tall narrow cylindrical stem with circular base; geometric decor on the floor of the dish; light gray stoneware with blackened surface, the decoration polished into the matte surface before firing.

Gray stoneware with blackened surface

Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE

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