[SunkenCiv]

They found booze and pot at the same time!

The pot in the shape of a swan. (Photo courtesy of Sanmenxia's Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology)

[a fool in paradise]

>>found that the alcohol was similar to the medicinal liquor recorded in an ancient medical book discovered in the Mawangdui

[CharleysPride]

Beautiful!

Swan drwan booze tastes the best

[Savage Beast]

That pot must have an air-tight seal.

[Blue Highway]

Did anyone taste it? Any better than the moonshiner’s booze?

[texas booster]

Alcohol and bronze?

I suspect that the alcohol would react to the bronze, at least until a patina was formed over the metal.

[TXnMA]

As volatile as ethanol is, that pot had to be well sealed for any trace of "alcohol" to have survived.

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Is the actual opening of the "pot" where that ring around the neck is?

And, was the curved "neck" a tight-fitting plug that sealed that opening?

If so, I can see how a tight metal-to-metal press fit -- enhanced by a thin layer of corrosion filling any gap -- might have made an effective seal...

TXnMA   
  

[Larry Lucido]

Probably from one of those ancient swan dives.

[smokingfrog]

Wild Swan Whiskey?

[rdl6989]

Interesting shape.