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Stem Cup

Stem Cup

Chinese

Cup with flared, everted rim supported on an elaborate hollow stem with bulb-shaped midsection perforated with four rows of vertical slits; thinly potted, lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised and openwork decoration. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.

Black earthenware

Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan culture, c. 2600-2000 BCE

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