Ceramics

This servant has been buried with a ceramic jar. Only the very wealthy could afford bronze or jade. Poorer people were often buried with pottery, if anything at all. These pottery vessels were copies of bronzes, which were much more expensive.

This is a similar jar to the one seen in the tomb. It was probably used for storage. It is decorated with a pattern that has been stamped into the surface of the pot before it was fired in the kiln.

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