Overview
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Fragment of an ear cup made a of lacquered wood. This is one of two handles the vessel originally had. The surface is very worn and much of the decoration in black and red has flaked off.
Date
100 BCE to 199 CE
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Measurement
height 9.5 centimetres, width 3.9 centimetres
Description
Scope and content : Fragment of an ear cup made a of lacquered wood. This is one of two handles the vessel originally had. The surface is very worn and much of the decoration in black and red has flaked off.
Institution
Historical information
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Find site identifier
DHL.
Stein site number
T.XV.a.iii.001
Find site description
Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.
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