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Large globular jar (weng)

Large globular jar (weng)

Chinese

Large jar of slightly compressed globular form with broad shoulders, wide body, and lower portion gently tapering inward to a small flat base; lightly burnished dark gray earthenware.

Gray earthenware

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

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