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Small spouted jar with handle

Small spouted jar with handle

Chinese

Small jar with short, tubular spout, rounded shoulders, sides tapering inward to a small, flat base, and with small strap handle; light gray earthenware with applique handle and applique and impressed decoration forming diagonal lines on the shoulders and horizontal lines on the lower body. Majiayao culture, Banshan type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; southern Ningxia province.

Earthenware with applique and impressed decoration

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

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