Hu shaped storage vessel(comma) Gansu province (马家窑文化) Măjiāyáo culture(comma) (马厂) Măchăng phase 2300 – 2000 BCE. Red/buff earthenware with purple to black painted design. These vessels were used for the storage of liquids most likely wine. They are often found as tomb furnishings along with other food storage vessels meant to provide for the buried individual in the afterlife.