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Jar with Four Lugs (Guan)
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Earthenware, Neolithic period Hongshan culture (ca. 4500–3000 BCE), Northeast China (Hongshan culture)
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Gisèle Croës 2003
Title: Jar with Four Lugs (Guan)
Description:
Earthenware, Neolithic period Hongshan culture (ca.
4500–3000 BCE), Northeast China (Hongshan culture).
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