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Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck

Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck

Chinese

Ovoid jar with cylindrical neck, flared lip, and tall cylindrical foot; medium gray earthenware with incised border and with geometric decoration cold painted in red and white pigments. Lower Xiajiadian culture. From northeastern China; Inner Mongolia.

Gray earthenware with cold-painted decoration

Lower Xiajiadian culture, c. 2000-1500 BCE

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