Banner from Mawangdui / Lower portion. Detail: Disc, serpents, and winged creatures / Han Dynasty; Creation date: ca. 140 BCE

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Work Title: Banner from Mawangdui
View Title: Lower portion. Detail: Disc, serpents, and winged creatures
Creator/Culture: Culture: Chinese
Site/Repository: Discovery location: Tomb 1, Mawangdui, Changsha (Hunan, China); Repository: Palace Museum (Beijing, China)
Period/Date: Han Dynasty; Creation date: ca. 140 BCE
Media/Technique: silk; painting (image-making)
Dimensions: width of top: 92 cm (36.22 inches), width of bottom: 47.7 cm (18.78 inches), length: 205 cm (80.71 inches)
Subjects: Silk (Textile); Banners; Mythology, Chinese; Ma-wang-tui Site (China); Grave goods; Paintings (visual works)
Work Record ID: 164704
Image Record ID: 976285
Digital filename: 05d104282
Classification Filing Number: 353; 6; 4B 3a; *.na
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 04:47:31

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2263 x 1744
File Size: 525 KB
Record: 976285
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-976285/05d104282

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 976285. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-976285/05d104282. April 19, 2024.