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Pouring Vessel

Pouring Vessel

Chinese

Compressed ovoid vessel with long neck, flared mouth, and foliated spout; lightly burnished blackened earthenware. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.

Black earthenware

Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE

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