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Globular jar

Globular jar

Chinese

Large globular jar with short neck, broad shoulders, and lower portion tapering inward to a flat circular base; two bands of crosshatched decor encircle the shoulders and midsection; light gray earthenware with impressed decoration and lightly burnished surfaces.

Gray earthenware

Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE

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