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Cocoon shaped jar

Cocoon shaped jar

Chinese

Large oblong horizontal vessel with body resembling the shape of a silkworm cocoon; short cylindrical neck and everted mouth rim with beveled edge at top center; elliptical body resting on circular, slightly splayed, circular pedestal foot; medium gray earthenware with incised bowstring lines encircling the body vertically.

Earthenware with incised decoration

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

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