Coffin with brocade decorations
Medium:Wood
Date:Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Dimensions:Height: 63cm; length: 202cm; width: 69cm
Origin: Excavated from Han Tomb No.1, Mawangdui, Changsha city, Hunan Province, 1972
This is the innermost coffin used to contain the body of Xin Zhui. The interior of the coffin is coated with vermilion lacquer and decorated with silk fabric. The exterior is coated with black lacquer and twined with two bands of silk ribbons.