[Fred Nerks]

the article reminds me of:

http://www.1421.tv/assets_cm/files/image/pumpkinthumb.jpg

Pumpkins in China?

Reader Carlos Jimenez was puzzled to come across this sculpture of a pumpkin when visiting an exhibition of the famous Xi’’An terracotta warriors from Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi’’s burial complex. The objects in the exhibition are all dated to be from the Qin Dynasty (221-206BC) or the Han Dynasty (206BC-220 AD). If, as most encyclopedias will tell you, pumpkins originated in the Americas, how did this sculpture come to be part of this fascinating collection? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.1421.tv/gallery.asp?Section=Stone%20buildings,%20mortar%20and%20carvings#

[blam]

That looks more like a big squash than a pumpkin.

[wildbill]

Yummy yummy yummy I’ve got squash in my mummy...

[elli1]

If, as most encyclopedias will tell you, pumpkins originated in the Americas, how did this sculpture come to be part of this fascinating collection?

Don't know but Koreans eat a lot of pumpkin. Would be interesting to know just when pumpkin was incorporated into the Korean diet.

[FrogMom]

If, as most encyclopedias will tell you, pumpkins originated in the Americas, how did this sculpture come to be part of this fascinating collection? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Aren't there gourds or squashes that LOOK like differently-colored pumpkins? I see them in markets as decoration during the autumn. Maybe it isn't a pumpkin...