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Small bowl with angled shoulders

Small bowl with angled shoulders

Chinese

Compressed-form wide-mouthed bowl with flared rim, short neck angled shoulders, lower portion tapering inward to a short circular pedestal foot, and three small lug handles around the shoulder; decorated with four bands of incised slants between horizontal borders around the shoulders, the strap-form lug handles with four small circular appliques; raised horizontal lines above the splayed foot; gray stoneware with thin olive-green ash glaze over on the interior and exterior, the glaze stopping just short of the foot; base unglazed. From Jiangsu or Zhejiang province.

Proto-porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze

Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE

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