Meiping vase. Oven type Cizou. Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). Sandstone with white slip; painted brown iron under cover. Guimet Museum. Purchase A912, EO 2063. This form of vase, meiping (literally "plum vase") was originally intended to contain alcohol . Then - in the context of a culture of literate, cultivated people - there lay a branch of plum tree. : Abstract extracts from a museum cartel.
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