The object from Shouxian County of Anhui Province that has been mistakenly thought as a bronze boat should be named powder crucible, the only one with the inscription of “powder crucible” archaeologically discovered so far. A powder crucible is a special vessel used to make white lead when alchemy was extremely popular in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Wei—Jin period. The two Chinese characters “涂” and “洀” that have been misinterpreted are in fact “丹” and “𣲥 ”. “丹” refers to cinnabar whose main ingredient is mercury; the original meaning of “ 𣲥” is to glaze the finished elixir, so the insc