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Pot

CHINESE
Pot
 3000 BCE-2000 BCE

Medium
earthenware, pigments

Measurements
11.1 × 14.3 × 13.2 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of H. W. Kent, 1938

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
China

Accession Number
3661E-D3

Department
Asian Art

Physical description
Squat globular, wide cylindrical neck with flaring mouth, with two loop handles; body with band of oval forms, neck with basket-weave grid, inner and outer rim and handles with parallel bands.

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