Chinese Vessel in the Shape of a Duck and Rhyton (Illustration)

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Illustration

by James Blake Wiener
published on 02 December 2018

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Chinese Vessel in the Shape of a Duck and Rhyton — This beautiful vessel in the shape of a duck and rhyton comes from China's Henan province, and it was made at the Gongxian kilns during the Tang Dynasty. It is believed to have been created during the 8th century CE. (Museum Rietberg, Zürich).

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James Blake Wiener

James is a writer and former Professor of History. He holds an MA in World History with a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of Ancient History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.

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Uploaded by James Blake Wiener, published on 02 December 2018 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Wiener, J. B. (2018, December 02). Chinese Vessel in the Shape of a Duck and Rhyton. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/9636/

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Wiener, James B. "Chinese Vessel in the Shape of a Duck and Rhyton." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 02, 2018. https://www.ancient.eu/image/9636/.

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Wiener, James B. "Chinese Vessel in the Shape of a Duck and Rhyton." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 02 Dec 2018. Web. 03 Apr 2020.

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