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A large Kvevri held at the Georgian National Museum of Tbilisi. Kvevri or Qvevri (Georgian: ქვევრი [ˈkʰvɛvɾi]) - also known as Ch'uri (Georgian: ჭური [ˈtʃʼuɾi]) in Western Georgia - are large earthenware vessels used for the fermentation, storage and aging of traditional Georgian wine.
' I pour ', sense "wine pourer"; pl.: oinochoai; Neo-Latin: oenochoë, pl.: oenochoae; English pl.: oenochoes or oinochoes), is a wine jug and a key form of ancient Greek pottery. Intermediate between a pithos (large storage vessel) or amphora (transport vessel), and individual cups or bowls, it held fluid for several persons temporarily until ...
The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey.It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used.
The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Medieval Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, [1] oil or honey. Typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used. [2] The modern tun is about 954 litres.
The excavations of the winery were completed in 2010. The winery consists of fermentation vats, a wine press, storage jars, pottery shards, and is believed to be at least a thousand years older than the winery unearthed in the West Bank in 1963, which is the second-oldest currently known. [1] [2] [3] The Areni-1 shoe was found in the same cave ...
Freer Gallery of Art Hu wine vessel of Song, Western Zhou period, late 9th century BC，National Palace Museum, Taiwan. Huixian Bronze Hu at the British Museum Bianhu with geometric decoration. Warring States period, c. 3rd century BCE. Freer Gallery of Art. A hu is a type of wine vessel that has a pear-shaped cross-section. Its body swells and ...
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A min fanglei from the late Shang dynasty, among the largest lei vessels unearthed. A lei (Chinese: 罍; pinyin: léi) is a large bronze wine jar used from the late Shang dynasty period to the Eastern Zhou dynasty period in ancient China, with a characteristic double-eared and narrow-necked shape. They come in square and round varieties, with ...