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漆盘是盛水或其他物品的食器，敛口或敞口，收腹。漆盘的形状有多种类型，如圆形、长方形、正方形、八方形、荷叶形、梅花形、椭圆形等。早期的漆盘多为木胎漆器，胎质较厚。到了战国和汉代，漆盘大多精美，除木胎外，还出现了夹纻胎，胎质越来越薄。
漆杯常用于饮酒，多为圆柱状或下部略细。漆杯是漆器中出现较早的器形之一，在良渚文化遗址（前3300一前2200）中就发现了嵌玉柄朱漆杯，这是中国已知最早的嵌玉漆杯。
The lacquer tray was a kind oftableware for containing water or otheritems, with an inward retracting or flaredmouth and introverted belly. The lacquertrays came in many shapes, such asround, rectangular, square, octagonal,lotus leaf, plum blossom, oval, etc. Theearly lacquer trays were mainly wood-body lacquerware with a thick bodysurface. To the Warring States Period(475B.C.-221B.C.) and Han Dynasty(206B.C.-220A.D.), most of the lacquertrays were quite fine. In addition to thewood body, there also emerged a fabricbody with a thinner surface.
Lacquer cups were commonly usedfor drinking alcohol, mostly cylindricalin shape or slightly thinner at the lowerend. The lacquer cup was one of theearliest lacquerware to appear.
