c. 430 BCE-370 BCE
actual: 14.3 x 11.6 cm (5 5/8 x 4 9/16 in.)
Lightly burnished gray earthenware with modeled and appliqué decoration. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qing hai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
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18th centuryAmericanSilver
18th centuryAmericanGlass
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5th-4th century BCEGreek