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Wide-mouthed jar

Wide-mouthed jar

Chinese

Jar with wide mouth, lipless rim, and sides tapering inward to a small, flat base; two small lug handles with pierced circular openings at the rim; body with lightly impressed cord markings in a crosshatched pattern grayish buff earthenware with applique handles and impressed decoration. Hongshan culture. From northeastern China; Liaoning province or Inner Mongolia.

Grayish buff earthenware

Neolithic period, Hongshan culture, c. 4500-3000 BCE

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