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Hollow Brick (probably Lintel) from Tomb Chamber

Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 1st century B.C.
Gray earthenware with impressed and carved decoration
20.3 × 20.3 cm (8 × 8 in)

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