These would be the very earliest kinds of pots that have geometric designs on them, then comes the geometric period and the orientalizing period; all of these refer to pottery styles.

这些是非常早期的陶锅,上面有一些几何形的图案,之后是"几何时期"和"东方风格"时期,这些都是根据陶器的艺术风格划分的

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