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Painted lacquer Yu (bowl) with stylized phoenix-and-fish pattern

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Painted lacquer Yu (bowl) with stylized phoenix-and-fish pattern

Qin Dynasty (221–207 BC)

Unearthed in 1977 from Shuihudi M11, Yunmeng.

Height: 11.3 cm, mouth diameter: 28.3 cm

Wooden core, made by hollowing forming. Outer bottom branded with the characters “Ting Shang”, and “Bao”, and needle-incised with the characters “Zhu San”.