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Coffin with brocade decorations
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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.


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