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Wide-bodied jar

Wide-bodied jar

Chinese

Wide-bodied jar with slightly flared mouth, waisted cylindrical neck, broad shoulders, and lower portion tapering inward to a splayed circular pedestal foot; raised ridges encircling the neck and foot; incised horizontal lines encircling the body; gray stoneware with blacked surface, the jar decorated with cold-painted red pigment in imitation of lacquerware.

Gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

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