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Lamp with fifteen oil saucers in the form of a

mythical tree
(Detail on facing page)
Eastern Zhou, Warring States period (475-221 bce)

Bronze; h. 82.6 cm

Unearthed in 1977 from the tomb of the king of
Zhongshan, Pingshan county, Hebei Province
Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics, Shijiazhuang