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Toilet box

Unknown artist, c. 200 BC

Toilet box decorated with animals moving among clouds in the Taoist heaven in vermilion paint and other animals in silver inlay. A mirror inside. Found in a tomb at Haichow, province of Kiangsu. Early Han period.

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Title of artwork, date

Toilet box, c. 200 BC

Date supported

1940

Medium and material

Lacquered ceramic

Dimensions

14 cm

Grant

880

Total cost

880

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