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Lacquer yu (food container) with painted designs
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Date:Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Medium:Lacquer

Dimension: Height: 8.3cm; diameter of mouth: 34.7cm

Origin: Excavated from Han Tomb No.1 at Mawangdui, Changsha City, Hunan Province in 1972

Yu refers to a kind of food container with the bottom deeper than that of a plate. Altogether 6 pieces of lacquer Yu with the same size and design were excavated from Han Tomb No.1 at Mawangdui.


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