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Pigment container with four round compartments (大理石調色碟)

Resource Identifier:
R007512

Resource Type:
Marble

Description:
Several similar examples of such vessels have been unearthed at Anyang; materials used range from bronze and marble, to pottery. Residues of different colors are often found in the round compartments, hence the term pigment container. The hole on the side of the vessel may be for attaching a handle.

Format:
Height 7.6、Diamete 12.6、Diameter of foot 9.5cm,Weight 1.4kg

Coverage:
Fill of looters’ pit, Xibeigang Tomb No. 1001

 

 

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

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