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Colored pottery kettle


  In the Neolithic age, Dawenkou Culture. The height is 30.8 cm, the caliber is 32.4 cm, and the abdominal diameter is 41.2 cm. It was unearthed at Dawenkou site in Tai'an in 1978. Food container. The body is huge, and the abdomen is painted with dark red as the color ground. Six familiar brown circles are painted equidistant. Each circle is painted with eight square center clouds and thunder patterns in white color. The circles are divided into four equal parts into a flower pattern, and then the white color lines are used to hook each group of flowers, forming a colorful and unique picture, representing the artistic style of painted pottery of Dawenkou Culture. Collected by Shandong Academy of cultural relics and archaeology.