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Footed cup

Footed cup

Chinese

Small cup raised on a short circular pedestal foot with one vertically oriented loop handle and a smaller horizontally oriented loop handle on the opposite side; lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised crosshatched decoration and applique handles. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.

Black earthenware

Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan culture, c. 2600-2000 BCE

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