Overview
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vessel
Date
1368 to 1644
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Measurement
height 5.7 centimetres, width 6.3 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Rimsherd of a vessel made of pale grey porcelain with a blue-white glaze on both sides. While the background is white, blue colour is used to emphasize the rim. Of the design on the inside only a tiny fracture remains, on the outside there is a large flower surrounded by geometric motifs.
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Historical information
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DHL.
Stein site number
T.XLI.e.01
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Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.
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