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Chinese earthenware mercury flask ("mei ping"), ca. 1400s.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Artifacts Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Chinese earthenware mercury flask ( mei ping ), ca. 1400s.
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Chinese earthenware mercury flask ("mei ping"), ca. 1400s. 779 grams, 9" x 4-1/2". Tall vessel with narrow, flat bottom and wide-shouldered top punctuated with a tiny hole, plain gray all over, small piece contained within, fully intact (rare thus), used for carrying and pouring mercury or quicksilver.