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Small Jar

Small Jar

Chinese

Small jar with flared neck and mouth, ovoid body, and lower portion tapering inward to a small, flat base; lightly burnished blackened earthenware with horizontal indentations on the body. 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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