Among the lacquerware unearthed from the Mawangdui Tombs, dating to the 160s BC in Hunan, southern China, no motif recurs more often than the cloud pattern. Its lineage reaches back to the "cloud-and-thunder" designs of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, perhaps reflecting an early,

Among the lacquerware unearthed from the Mawangdui Tombs, dating to the 160s BC in Hunan, southern China, no motif recurs more often than the cloud pattern. Its lineage reaches back to the "cloud-and-thunder" designs of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, perhaps reflecting an early,

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