Coffin with painted designs on black lacquer coating
Medium:Wood
Date:Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Dimensions:Height: 114cm; length: 256cm; width: 118cm
Origin: Excavated from Han Tomb No.1, Mawangdui, Changsha city, Hunan Province, 1972
The body of the coffin is made of wood. The interior is painted with red lacquer and on the exterior is red, white, green, and brown oil paint against black lacquer. There are various patterns on the whole coffin, such as the Immoral Taming Leopard, God Holding a Snake, God Playing Music, etc.