Miniature wine cup, one of a set of seven

One of the earliest known wine sets, made from lacquered wood and consisting of a triangular counter with several dishes, came to light from a Western Han tomb in Hunan, generic of the Chu culture (Hunan Mus. 1973 vol. II: 151, fig. 160). In ceramics, wine sets were first produced in Han lead-glazed ware in the Central Plains, and later spread into the south. In archaeological reports, the term qixing-pan (seven-star dish) is borrowed to refer to three-color glazed sets of the High Tang (Luoyang Mus. 1980: pl. 96; CGK Zenshu 1983 vol. VII: 95-6).