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c. 2600-2300 BCE

Jar

Artist/maker unknown

This jar was made during the Banshan phase of the Majiayao culture.

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Jar

This splendid large jar with its dynamic patterns and others like it are known as Banshan (bahn-shan) ware after an area of northwestern China, where pottery of this kind was first found.
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