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China
Gansu or Qinghai province

Globular Jar (Guan), Neolithic period, Majiayao culture, Banshan phase, c. 2500 B.C.

Burnished orange-buff earthenware with painted decoration
Height: 31.5 cm (12.4 in.); Diameter: 43.2 cm (17.0 in.)
Restricted Gift of the Rice Foundation, 1990.125