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Small jar with strap handle

Small jar with strap handle

Chinese

Small jar with bulbous body, lower portion tapering inward to a flat base, and with single strap handle; buff earthenware with applique handle and applique decoration forming diagonal lines of dashes across the body. Majiayao culture, Banshan type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; southern Ningxia province.

Earthenware with applique decoration

Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, c. 3300-2000 BCE

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