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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 1807193, member: 8267&quot;]Ban Chiang vessel with basically similar shape at Linden Museum, Stuttgart:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Stand%2C_southeast_Thailand%2C_Ban_Chiang_culture%2C_Phase_2%2C_c._500-300_BC%2C_ceramic_with_red_paint_-_Linden-Museum_-_Stuttgart%2C_Germany_-_DSC03734.jpg/435px-Stand%2C_southeast_Thailand%2C_Ban_Chiang_culture%2C_Phase_2%2C_c._500-300_BC%2C_ceramic_with_red_paint_-_Linden-Museum_-_Stuttgart%2C_Germany_-_DSC03734.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stand,_southeast_Thailand,_Ban_Chiang_culture,_Phase_2,_c._500-300_BC,_ceramic_with_red_paint_-_Linden-Museum_-_Stuttgart,_Germany_-_DSC03734.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stand,_southeast_Thailand,_Ban_Chiang_culture,_Phase_2,_c._500-300_BC,_ceramic_with_red_paint_-_Linden-Museum_-_Stuttgart,_Germany_-_DSC03734.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stand,_southeast_Thailand,_Ban_Chiang_culture,_Phase_2,_c._500-300_BC,_ceramic_with_red_paint_-_Linden-Museum_-_Stuttgart,_Germany_-_DSC03734.jpg</a></p><p>But note the crisper transition between body and neck of the vessel. And the surface of yours appears suspicious/manipulated (and not just the repaired areas).</p><p>In 1982 a University of Pennsylvania archeologist reported &quot;the production of fake pottery in neighboring villages. Made from local materials, these fakes were indistinguishable from original pieces. Some were composites of old and new material.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://traffickingculture.org/encyclopedia/case-studies/1046/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://traffickingculture.org/encyclopedia/case-studies/1046/" rel="nofollow">https://traffickingculture.org/encyclopedia/case-studies/1046/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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