Collection
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Gauze with printed and painted design
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The gauze with printed and painted design is the earliest silk fabric discovered in the world that combines printing and color painting.
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Embroidery of longevity pattern on juan silk
Embroidery of longevity on juan silk uses light brownish red, olive green, purplish grey and dark green silk threads to stitch out transformed cloud patterns, flower buds, twigs, leaves and bird-heads on thin silk.
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Lacquered gauze cap
Lacquered gauze cap is commonly called black gauze cap.
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'Xin Qi embroidery' floss-silk padded gown with lozenge pattern on brown silk gauze
The gown with “Xin Qi embroidery” has a crossed collar, a front extending diagonally from left to right, and a rectangular skirt
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Floss-silk padded gown with lozenge pattern on vermilion silk gauze
This vermillion gown with lozenge pattern has its upper and lower parts undivided, with a crossed collar and a flap extending diagonally from left to right.
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Book copied on silk, Prescription for Fifty-two Kinds of Diseases
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The manuscript contains about 10,000 words that provide prescriptions and therapy for 52 kinds of diseases.
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Book copied on silk, Prescription of Health Maintenance
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The manuscript is mainly concerned with treatments.
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Painting on silk, 'Tai Yi Jiang Xing'
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This is a sorcery drawing related to the deity named “Tai Yi”, the god of sun in ancient China.
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Painting on silk, City Map
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The map depicts a city with walls, streets, castles, pavilions, terraces and towers and is the earliest city map in existence.
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Book copied on silk, Divination Based on the Observation of Five Planets
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The book was excavated from Han Tomb No.3, Mawangdui, Changsha City, Hunan Province, 1973.
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T-shaped painting on silk from Li Xi's tomb
This painting was originally laid on the top of the innermost coffin in Tomb No.3.
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T-shaped painting on silk from Xin Zhui's tomb
The silk painting was once a banner carried in the funeral procession and then laid on the innermost coffin.
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Book copied on silk, Laozi (Version B)
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This book on silk was discovered in the lower layer of an oblong lacquer cosmetic box found in the eastern case of the Tomb 3.
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Book copied on silk, Laozi(Version A)
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
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Painting on silk, Drawing of Entertainment
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The painting on silk “Drawing of Entertainment” was originally hung on the east wall of the burial chamber.
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Book copied on silk, Zhou Yi (Book of Changes)
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
It consists of both the text and the commentaries of Book of Changes.
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Book copied on silk, Divination by Astrological and Meteorological Phenomena
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The main front part of the book has six columns of drawings and words, among which the third and the fourth changed sequence when they were pieced together again.
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Book copied on silk, Tales of Events in the Spring and Autumn Period
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This book was copied on a half length of silk.
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Book copied on silk, Book of Political Strategists of the Warring States Period
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The book, copied on half a length of silk, is an ancient book of anecdotes mainly recording the correspondences and speeches by such political strategists as Su Qin of the Warring States Period.
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Medical book written on bamboo slips, On Best Sexual Health Care
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The medical book mainly discusses the issue of sex health care, which simply refers to maintaining a healthy sexual life.
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Book copied on silk, Book on Obstetrics
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This book is about such issues as pregnancy, antenatal training and eugenics.
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Painting on silk, Drawing of Daoyin (the Physical Exercise Chart)
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Ink and colors on silk
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Painting on silk, Guard of Honour of Chariots and Horses
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The painting was hung on the western wall of the coffin chamber when it was unearthed.
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Wooden figurines of musicians
The figurines of musicians are the earliest miniature models musicians ever found in China.