Coffin with painted designs on vermilion lacquer coating- Hunan Museum
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Coffin with painted designs on vermilion lacquer coating
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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.


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