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Lacquer food container
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Medium：Lacquer
Date：Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)

Dimensions: Depth: 23.5cm; height: 9cm
Origin: Unearthed from Han Tomb No.1 at Mawangdui, Changsha City, Hunan Province.

This food container is made on a body of hemp cloth and it has a slightly conical lid. Its inner surface is coated with vermilion lacquer and its outer surface with dark brown lacquer. Floating cloud designs in yellow, grey and vermillion colors are painted over the dark brown ground. When it was excavated, the box contained the remains of a foodstuff resembling cake. 


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