Majiayao cutlure, Banshan phase, 2650 BCE - 2350 BCE
H. 30 x Diam. 33.4 cm (11 13/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
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