Wide mouthed jar

Compressed ovoid, bowl-like vessel with wide mouth, everted rim, and lower body curving inward to a flat base; red earthenware textured below the rim with incised parallel horizontal lines encircling the body, created by incising the clay surface with a pointed implement before firing; remains of earth from burial on exterior and interior. Early Yangshao culture, Banpo type. From the middle Yellow River valley region, Shaanxi province.