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Small jar with tab handle

Small jar with tab handle

Chinese

Small jar with bulbous body, lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base, and with small tab handle; light gray earthenware with applique handle and impressed decoration forming a chevron pattern on the shoulders. Majiayao culture, Banshan type. From the upper Yellow River valley region; southern Ningxia province.

Earthenware with impressed decoration

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

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