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Jar (Guan)

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Chinese, Funerary storage jar
Photo Credit: 

 Petegorsky/Gipe

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Chinese, Funerary storage jar
Photo Credit: 

Petegorsky/Gipe

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Unknown
Chinese (Majiayao Culture, Banshan phase)
Place made: 
Asia; China; Gansu Province
Jar (Guan), ca. 2800-2300 BCE
Ceramic; Earthenware; burnished with red and black pigment
Overall: 11 1/2 in x 13 in x 13 in; 29.2 cm x 33 cm x 33 cm
Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
MH 2012.40.3