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English: White Pottery Gui (pitcher)
  • Shandong Longshan Culture, late phase of the Dawenkou culture.
  • Late Neolithic Period (ca. 2500 - 2000 B.C.)
  • Excavated at Rizhao, Shandong Province
"White pottery" is the name for a type of pottery which features a white body and surface. This pitcher was used for storing and boiling liquid, and its shape indicates that pottery making during the Late Neolithic Period was surprisingly skilled.
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