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Long-necked Jar

Unknown Artist

Pottery vessels with a footed stand, such as this one, are the earliest known high-fired ware produced in closed kilns built on hillsides. Footed vessels were not practical enough for everyday usage, but rather were used to present offerings to the deceased in highly elaborate ritual ceremonies.

Credit: Gift of James Kitchen

AD 200s-300s

Gray pottery

26.8 cm

1948.14

Image and text: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023

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