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Jade rhyton, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. This cup takes the traditional form of a hornshaped rhyton. It stands vertically on a flat, narrow base, widening to an uneven lip. An inscription is carved around the inside of the lip. The outside surface is carved with wave-like scrolls, where sea-creatures frolic carved in bold relief. The lower half of the cup is held in the mouth of a fish or dragon, whose tail twists along the side of the cup.
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Jade rhyton, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. This cup takes the tradit...

Clay jar with red-fired decoration, from Ban Chiang, north-eastern Thailand, 1st millennium BC. Neolithic cultures based on agriculture and the use of stone tools appeared throughout mainland South-east Asia between 4000 BC and 1000 BC. Bronze technology became widespread in the northern part during the second millennium BC and iron after 500 BC. Elaborately decorated pots such as this one were produced in the first millennium BC. A great variety of decorative motifs feature on this pottery including the red spiral patterns that densely cover the surface of this pot. These are similar to those found on contemporary pottery in southern China. OA, 1974.6-17.1.
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Clay jar with red-fired decoration, from Ban Chiang, north-eastern Thailand, 1st...

Shah Jahan's wine cup, nephrite jade, inscribed with the date 1657. India; Mughal period, 17th century.
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Shah Jahan's wine cup, nephrite jade, inscribed with the date 1657. India; Mugha...

Tractatus de Herbis - herbal book after Dioscorides (40-90CE, ancient Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist): sugar extraction. Illuminated manuscript; France; 15th century.
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Tractatus de Herbis - herbal book after Dioscorides (40-90CE, ancient Greek phys...

Illustration of the Fifth Treatise: women engaged in laundry by a stream; borders decorated with birds and flowers. From Splendor Solis by Salomon Trismosin. Germany; 1582. Shelfmark: Harley 3469 Page Folio Number: f.32v
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Illustration of the Fifth Treatise: women engaged in laundry by a stream; border...

Page from "The Black Man's Lament", an anti-slavery poem by Amelia Alderson Opie (1769-1853). Slaves boiling and cooling the sugar as well as filling and heading casks.
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Page from "The Black Man's Lament", an anti-slavery poem by Amelia Alderson Opie...

Greek ceramic kantharos with black glaze. 4th century BCE. From a kurgan (tumulus) near Akimovka, Zaporizhia region, Ukraine.
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Greek ceramic kantharos with black glaze. 4th century BCE. From a kurgan (tumulu...

Electrum cup with bas-relief depicting Scythians. Gold, 2nd half of the 4th century BCE. From Kul'-Oba kurgan, Crimea, Ukraine. Height 13cm.
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Electrum cup with bas-relief depicting Scythians. Gold, 2nd half of the 4th cen...

Butter is still transported and kept in airtight pigskin bags which weigh about ten kilos. L: 48 cm
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Butter is still transported and kept in airtight pigskin bags which weigh...

Bamboo alcohol container (palang) H: 70 cm
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Bamboo alcohol container (palang) H: 70 cm

Alcohol or water containers can be made of different materials such as bamboo, horn or wood and decorated with brass rings. From such vessels liquid can be poured into a cup or sipped with a bamboo straw.
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Alcohol or water containers can be made of different materials such as bamboo...

Container (dshomai dop) for transporting the kingïs food when travelling. (Wood and copper)
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Container (dshomai dop) for transporting the kingïs food when travelling. (W...