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Brick with Scene of Salt Production
Eastern Han dynasty (25–220)
Not on view
This brick records a rare scene of salt production. At the far left is a roofed, shafted structure containing four toiling figures. A pulley block identifies the structure as a salt well. Moving to the right, one can identify a set of evaporation pans over a furnace tended by a seated figure, as well as two additional figures, both with baskets on their backs, who transport salt from the well to the pans.
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