Collection
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Yu (a musical instrument)
Yu is a Chinese musical instrument.
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Wooden zhu with five strings
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Zhu was a percussion instrument used in ancient China.
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Se (a musical instrument)
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Se is a Chinese musical instrument which has 25 strings.
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Guqin with seven strings
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Guqin is an ancient Chinese plucked zither (string instrument).
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Bronze mirror with dragon designs
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
It was unearthed from Han Tomb No.1 at Mawangdui, Changsha City, Hunan Province.
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Ring-pommel horn knife
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
When unearthed,the knife was placed inside the lacquer box with five small boxes.
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Hairpiece
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The hairpiece was placed under the authentic hair of Xin Zhui.
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Tortoise-shell comb shu
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Tortoise-shell comb was a very expensive dressing article in the Han Dynasty.
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Iron blade of a spade cha
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This object is fairly intact, with the left shoulder of the blade slightly protruding and lower than the right shoulder.
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Painted pottery censer
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The lid is carved in openwork.
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Lacquer zhi(drinking vessel) with cloud design and inscription
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This drinking vessel is coated with vermilion lacquer and cloud designs.
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Jade seal inscribed with “Li Cang”
Date : Warring States Period(ca.475-221BCE)
It’s a private seal of Li Cang.
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Bronze seal inscribed with “Dai Hou zhi yin"(seal of the Marquis of Dai)
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The bronze seal with a tortoise-shaped knob, is a funerary object.
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Bronze seal inscribed with “Changsha Chengxiang”(Chancellor of Changsha)
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The bronze seal has a tortoise-shaped knob.
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Plain unlined gauze gown
The gown, consisting of a jacket and a straight skirt, has a crossed collar, and a flap extending diagonally from left to right.
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Earthenware fang (rectangular jar) painted with phoenix design
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This object, with a square mouth and smooth rim, a collar-shaped band on the outer surface of the rim, is a jar for containing wine.
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Lacquer yu (food container) with painted designs
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Yu refers to a kind of food container with the bottom deeper than that of a plate.
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Pottery ding (food container) with pained designs
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Ding refers to a kind of food container with three legs.
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Dressed wooden figurines with painted designs (singer and dancer)
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
It was excavated from Han Tomb No.1 at Mawangdui, Changsha City, Hunan Province in 1972.
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Dressed wooden figurine with painted designs (singer)
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The dressed figurine fully demonstrates the high artistic level in Han Dynasty.
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Bronze be and Bronze zun
Date : Warring States Period(ca.475-221BCE)
Both Bronze be and Bronze zun are stabbing weapons with wooden handles.
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Bronze ge with inscription 'wang sun xiu'
Date : Warring States Period(ca.475-221BCE)
Collected in Changsha, Hunan Province
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Bronze mirror with people playing qin
Date : Song Dynasty(960-1279)
It is a bronze mirror with the patterns of one person sitting on the left playing qin.
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Bronze mirror with rabbit design
Date : Song Dynasty(960-1279)
It is a round-shaped bronze mirror with a cloud-shaped supporting stand.