Archivo: CMOC Treasures of Ancient China exhibit - large grey mug

Description: Large Gray Mug Henan Longshan Culture Late Neolithic Period (ca. 2500 - 2000 B.C.) Excavated at Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 1955 Made on a pottery wheel along the middle to lower reaches of the Yellow River. The shape of this cup's mouth indicates it may have once had a cover, and the proportional melon rind decoration suggests the potters of this culture understood the concept of dividing objects into equal parts.
Title: CMOC Treasures of Ancient China exhibit - large grey mug
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