Museum rubbing bowl with cow heads, China, Hongshan culture
Carved black jade. …

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Museum rubbing bowl with cow heads, China, Hongshan culture Carved black jade. Deeply hollowed bowl with a strongly bulging body, the sides carved with cow heads in full relief. Br.: 20 cm.

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Museum rubbing bowl with cow heads, China, Hongshan culture

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