Chinese pottery: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Chinese ceramics

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Neolithic Banshan pottery: funerary urn

Neolithic Longshan pottery: stem cup

Buddhist guardian deity

Tang twin dragon vase

Tang dynasty: ceramic tomb figure

Longquan celadon wine jar and cover

Jian-type tea bowl

Ming dynasty flask

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