Set of 12 color prints on glossy paper in cardboard folder. The prints show details of a western Han (206 BCE - 24 CE) color painting on silk from the inner most coffin of a tomb discovered in April 1972 at Mawangtui near Changsha, Hunan province. Western Han painting on silk was found draped over the coffin in the grave of Lady Dai (c. 168 BC) at Mawangdui near Changsha in Hunan province.

Western Han Dynasty Silk Painting

1981.005.002