2012_91_60.jpg
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2012_91_60.jpg
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(茧形)jiăn xíng(comma) cocoon shaped vessel (汉朝) Han dynasty 206 BCE – 226 CE. Cold painted ceramic. Cocoon shaped vessels were used for the storage of wine and are often found in Han tombs as part of the necessary items for life in the next world. The shape is of the cocoon of the silk worm already a prized secret of Chinese production by the Han dynasty. As a ceramic shape it is unique to the Han dynasty.
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“2012_91_60.jpg,” LibMesa, accessed December 22, 2024, https://libmesa.unm.edu/items/show/358.
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