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Covered Bowl

Covered Bowl

Chinese

Small compressed bowl with three tab-handles evenly spaced around the shoulder; body tapers slightly inward to flat base; separate cover is slightly domed with small knob handle at the center; light gray stoneware with impressed fabric-weave decoration on the bowl’s body; traces of natural kiln gloss on top of cover.

Stoneware with impressed decoration

Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE

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