Coffin with painted designs on vermilion lacquer coating
Medium:Wood
Date:Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Dimensions:Height: 89cm; length: 230cm; width: 92cm
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 green, pale brown, dark brown and yellowish white oil paint against red lacquer. On the cover there is a picture depicting two dragons fighting with two tigers.