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Blackware Narrow Neck Jar with Shoulder Impressed with Birds

1000–1400
Ceramic and pigment
10.5 × 11.4 cm (4.1 × 4.5 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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