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Round plain lacquer Lian (dressing case)

Western Han Dynasty (206 BC–25 AD)

Unearthed in 1978 from Shuihudi M47, Yunmeng.

Height: 12.5 cm, lid diameter: 22 cm, bottom diameter: 21 cm.

Wooden core, made by coiling forming. Outer bottom needle-incised with the character “Du”and branded with the character “Ting”.