Dish, 3rd-2nd century BCE, 1 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. ( x cm), Lacquer over wood core, China, 3rd-2nd century BCE, Lacquerware vessels were widely used for food and drink in the palaces and households of the Han aristocracy. Made from the sap of a type of sumac, lacquer was difficult and expensive to produce, but greatly treasured. Light, durable, impervious to water, and conducive to painted decoration, it had nearly replaced inlaid bronze and gilt vessels by the end of Han (206 220

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