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Painted pottery

The photo was taken at Henan Museum

Yangshao culture, Neolithic Age (7000 - 5000B.P.)

Excavated at Dahe village, Zhengzhou city, 1972

These red-coated black-painted twin flasks are joined and interlinked at their bellies through a cubic opening. Drinking vessels of this design are still in use now in some ethnic groups, Each of two people drinks from one of the twin flasks to show their friendliness, union and love.