Bowl with Geometric Designs, 西漢 黑地朱繪雲氣紋漆碗, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd century B.C., China, Black lacquer painted with red lacquer, H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); Diam. 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm), Lacquer, Likely used for serving a liquid such as wine or soup, this bowl is painted with dramatic swirling lines interlaced with small curls and other forms. Known as cloud energy, or yunqi, this design, which was pervasive during the Western Han dynasty, is understood to represent a forbidding but numinous realm inhabited by immortals
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Bowl, Geometric Designs, 西漢 黑地朱繪雲氣紋漆碬 Western Han dynasty, 206 B.C.–.D, 9, 2nd century B.C, China, Black lacquer painted, red lacquer, H, 3 5/8, 9.2 cm, Diam, 10 7/16, 26.5, Lacquer, Likely, serving, liquid, wine, soup, bowl, painted, dramatic swirling lines, interlaced, small curls, forms, cloud energy, yunqi, design, pervasive, Western Han, dynasty, understood, represent, forbidding, numinous realm, inhabited, immortals
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