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Urn with Triangular Patterns
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Urn with Triangular Patterns

c. 3300–c. 2000 BCE · Earthenware with slip-painted decoration

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Majiayao is the name of one of the earliest cultures of China. They were renowned for production of vessels with black-slip painted patterns.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineUrn with Triangular Patterns, c. 3300–c. 2000 BCE. Northwest China, Neolithic period, Majiayao culture. Earthenware with slip-painted decoration; overall: 36.5 x 39.5 cm (14 3/8 x 15 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Donna and James Reid, 2017.21

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