Annotated view of the underside indicating the location of the seam lines created at the joints of the loess piece mold sections. Note remnants of core material in the legs. Huo Ritual Vessel, 11th century BCE, Middle Yangtze Valley, China, H. 17.2 cm (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, inv. F1936.6a–b / Department of Conservation and Scientific Research).