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MAS.809

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Title

Rimsherd of a porcelain vessel. The outside is painted with a floral pattern under a white glaze, the inside is not decorated.

Date

1600 to 1699

Find site

Dunhuang Limes

Measurement

height 2.5 centimetres, width 1.8 centimetres

Description

Scope and content : Rimsherd of a porcelain vessel. The outside is painted with a floral pattern under a white glaze, the inside is not decorated.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHL.

Stein site number

T.XVIII.003.b

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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