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Round painted lacquer dish with cloud-and-phoenix pattern

Western Han Dynasty (206 BC–25 AD)

Unearthed in 1986 from Maojiayuan M1, Jiangling.

Height: 3.6 cm, mouth diameter: 22.5 cm

Wooden core, made by lathe-turning forming. Outer bottom branded with characters and needle-incised with symbols.