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Crimson silk socks
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This pair of socks is made of thin silk in double layers.
Thin silk skirt
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This skirt is sewn out of four pieces of thin crimson silk with each piece broader at the bottom than the top.
Yellowish brown pillow
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
This is the only herb pillow unearthed from Mawangdui Tombs, which contains thoroughwort inside.
Juan silk with lozenge design and down feathers
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The silk with feathers was used to decorate the outside surface of the innermost coffin.
Yellow qi with paired birds and lozenge pattern
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The design is made up of consecutive lozenge designs formed by thin thread, with patterns of flowers and plants and birds filled in them.
Brocade with lozenge pattern
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Brocade with lozenge pattern is a four-warp jacquard fabric made with three warps to form piled circles
Gauze with flame pattern in gold and silver
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
Gauze is light, thin and transparent tabby silk fabric with apparent square pores.
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.
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.
Lacquered gauze cap
Lacquered gauze cap is commonly called black gauze cap.
'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
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.
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.
Book copied on silk, Prescription of Health Maintenance
Date : Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)
The manuscript is mainly concerned with treatments.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.