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Pottery vessels such as this were created expressly for burial as substitutes for bronze or lacquer utensils. Comparable examples have been excavated in the Zhongshan State tombs in Hebei Province.
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戰國 陶豆
Title: Food serving vessel (Dou)
Period: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
Date: 5th–4th century BCE
Culture: China
Medium: Earthenware with pigment
Dimensions: H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1950
Object Number: 50.61.9a, b
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