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Multi-Chamber Serving Container

100-2001

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Multi-Chamber Serving Container

100-2001

Physical Qualities Earthenware with white slip, 7 H x 18.4 Diam. cm. (2 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Given in Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Liu Hsien-pu
Object Number 2016.49
This type of vessel has been identified as a "seasoning or dried fruit container." Plum stones were found in a similar vessel from Xicun, an archaeological site in Guangzhou.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2016; private collection, Honolulu; purchased c. 1987, Guangzhou
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"Archaeological Finds from Han Tombs at Guangzhou and Hong Kong," Hong Kong: Peter Lam, 1983, pp. 122-127.

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