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Wine vessel (zhi)

Wine vessel (zhi)

Chinese

Small cylindrical vessel with flared lip and short circular pedestal foot; a band of incised geometric decor below the lip and near the foot, the lower band with applique bosses; light gray earthenware.

Gray earthenware

Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE

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