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Pedestal dish (dou)

Pedestal dish (dou)

Chinese

Circular dish raised on a flared circular pedestal that widens toward the foot, the pedestal perforated with three circular apertures; medium gray earthenware, the interior with black skin, the exterior with a rust-brown skin. Songze culture. From the lower Yangzi River region; Jiangsu or Zhejiang province.

Earthenware

Neolithic period, Songze culture, c. 3900-3300 BCE

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