Stem cup, c. 2700-2100 BCE, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (21.59 x 13.34 x 13.34 cm), Burnished black earthenware, China, 27th-22nd century BCE, When distinctive black wares were first excavated in 1930, the Neolithic culture responsible for their production was named Longshan, after a nearby town in present-day Shandong Province in northeast China. Active during the third millennium B.C.E., Longshan culture thrived and its artisans produced some of the most sophisticated and elegant forms of any ancient culture. Made of fine-grained clay turned on a potter's wheel
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