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YANGSHAO CULTURE

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Artwork Storage jar (kuan) this artwork made of Swelling earthenware shape, narrowing to the base, with narrow neck and two lugs set vertically at the maximum diameter, painted with black pigment in a band of large swirls below a band of circular panels enclosing a star motif reserved on a cross-hatched ground

Storage jar (kuan) Neolithic period, Majiayao phase (3500-3000 BCE)
  • YANGSHAO CULTURE - Creator
Artwork Storage jar (kuan) this artwork made of Swelling earthenware shape, narrowing to the base, with flared mouth and two lugs set vertically at the maximum diameter, painted with black and maroon pigments in a band of large diamond shaped motifs below a narrow band of wave crest pattern repeated on the neck and inside the mouth

Storage jar (kuan) Neolithic period, Banshan phase (3000-2500 BCE)
  • YANGSHAO CULTURE - Creator

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