Changsha: Mawangdui Western Han Tombs
Mawangdui Western Han Tombs Foreword
Model of the Three Mawangdui Western Han Tombs
Mawangdui Western Han Tombs
Mawangdui in the Northern Song
Mawangdui in the Qing
Qing Picture of Mawangdui
Han Tombs at Mawangdui
Zhou Enlai's Interest in Mawangdui
Tombs 1 and 3 at Mawangdui
Mawangdui Han Tombs: sealing soil & rammed earth
Mawangdui Han Tombs: charcoal & white filling clay
Outer coffin chamber of Mawangdui Tomb #1
Mawangdui Han Tombs: bamboo basket
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wooden tablet with burial date
Mawangdui Han Tombs: iron-tipped spade used in tomb construction
Mawangdui Han Tombs: bronze banliang coins
Mawangdui Han Tombs: iron hammer for ramming soil
Li Cang's Family
Mawangdui tomb owners & their burial dates
Chronology of Han Emperors & Princes of Changsha State
Li Cang, owner of Tomb #2
Early Western Han Dynasty administrative units
Mawangdui Han Tombs: bronze seal
Mawangdui Han Tombs: jade seal
Mawangdui Han Tombs: gold inlaid bronze crossbow trigger
Li Cang's wife Xin Zhui
Mawangdui Han Tombs: labels for following artifacts
Mawangdui Han Tombs: mirror polisher
Mawangdui Han Tombs: powder puff
Mawangdui Han Tombs: knife, brush, tweezers, & hairpins
Mawangdui Han Tombs: combs
Mawangdui Han Tombs: bronze mirror
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wig
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wig of Lady Dai
Li Cang's Son: owner of Tomb #3
Mawangdui Han Tombs: sword from Tomb #3
Mawangdui Han Tombs: sword pommel
Mawangdui Han Tombs: sword handle
Mawangdui Han Tombs: sword parts
Mawangdui Han Tombs: weapons
Mawangdui Han Tombs: weapon sheaths
Mawangdui Han Tombs: sword scabbard tip
Mawangdui Han Tombs: weapon display rack
Han Crossbow
Mawangdui Han Tombs: arrow quiver
Lacquer crossbow
Mawangdui Han Tombs: lacquer crossbow
Mawangdui Han Tombs: crossbow handle
Fruits & Vegetables
Mawangdui Han Tombs: pears
Mawangdui Han Tombs: dates
Mawangdui Han Tombs: red bayberries
Mawangdui Han Tombs: plum stones
Fruits & vegetables labels
Liquors
Mawangdui Han Tombs: painted pottery wine vessel
Mawangdui Han Tombs: pottery wine vessel
Mawangdui Han Tombs
Mawangdui Han Tombs: Lady Dai
Food & Drink
Mawangdui Han Tombs: grains
Staple Food
Mawangdui Han Tombs: basket containing food items
Cakes
Mawangdui Han Tombs: pottery box with cakes
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wood labels for food
Mawangdui Han Tombs: swan skeleton and Meat intro
Mawangdui Han Tombs: chicken, pig, & fish bones
Mawangdui Han Tombs: photo of lacquer dishes containing bones
Mawangdui Han Tombs: photo of bamboo case containing eggshells
Flavourings
Mawangdui Han Tombs: spice & label
Mawangdui Han Tombs: pottery dish
Mawangdui Han Tombs: pottery container
Mawangdui Han Tombs: pottery ding
Qigong & Good Health
Qigong positions taken from diagram found in tomb
Servants
Sealing Clays
Mawangdui Han Tombs: sealing clays
Maid figurines with clothing
Mawangdui Han Tombs: maid figurines with clothing
Mawangdui Han Tombs: maid figurine with clothing
Mawangdui Han Tombs: maid figurines
Mawangdui Han Tombs: painted figurines
Mawangdui Han Tombs: large fan
Mawangdui Han Tombs: small fan
Chinese medicinal herbs
Mawangdui Han Tombs: medicinal herbs
Mawangdui Han Tombs: brazier
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wicker basket
Wealth
Mawangdui Han Tombs: clay replicas of coins
Mawangdui Han Tombs: silk funerary money
Mawangdui Han Tombs: clay replicas of gold currency
Mawangdui Han Tombs: clay replicas of money
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wooden labels
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wicker basket containing clay coins
Wooden Replicas of Rhinoceros Horns
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wooden replicas of rhinoceros horns
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wooden replicas of ivory tusks
Mawangdui Han Tombs: jade bi disc with 2 wood bi
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wood bi discs
Mawangdui Han Tombs: tortoise bi disc
Mawangdui Han Tombs: large wood bi disc
Singers, Dancers, & Musicians
Mawangdui Han Tombs: figurines of entertainers
Mawangdui Han Tombs: figurines of musicians
Mawangdui Han Tombs: figurine of musician
Mawangdui Han Tombs: figurine of musical instrument
Mawangdui Han Tombs: figurines
Se with 25 strings
Mawangdui Han Tombs: Se with 25 strings
Seven-string Qin
Mawangdui Han Tombs: seven-string qin
Yu made for funerary use
Mawangdui Han Tombs: intact yu for funerary use
Photo of second yu found damaged
Photo of pitch pipes & case
Mawangdui Han Tombs: pitch pipes
Mawangdui Han Tombs: flutes
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wooden funerary bells
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wooden funerary chimes
Mawangdui Han Tombs: wooden funerary zhu musical instrument
A Set of Liubo Chess
Mawangdui Han Tombs: Liubo chess set
Mawangdui Han Tombs: mat
Lacquerware
Mawangdui Han Tombs: lacquerware
Mawangdui Han Tombs: lacquerware (bottom ladle repro)
Mawangdui Han Tombs: lacquerware cosmetics case
Mawangdui Han Tombs: lacquerware screen
Mawangdui Han Tombs: lacquerware table legs
Mawangdui Han Tombs: lacquerware table top
Photo of table
Model of elite family with entertainers
Silk and Sericulture
Textiles
Mawangdui Han Tombs: silk
Mawangdui Han Tombs: silk bag
Mawangdui Han Tombs: fine silk
Mawangdui Han Tombs: printed textiles
Mawangdui Han Tombs: textiles
Mawangdui Han Tombs: turned & braided ribbons
Mawangdui Han Tombs: ribbons
Embroideries
Mawangdui Han Tombs: embroidered fabric
Printing and Color Painting
Mawangdui Han Tombs: printed and/or painted fabric
Mawangdui Han Tombs: gown
Mawangdui Han Tombs: skirt
Clothing
Mawangdui Han Tombs: socks
Mawangdui Han Tombs: shoes
Mawangdui Han Tombs: mitts
Manuscripts on silk, wood, and bamboo
Mawangdui Han Tombs: manuscript case
Mawangdui Han Tombs: bamboo slips
Photo of manuscripts on bamboo and wood
Calligraphy on silk and bamboo
Mawangdui Han Tombs: ancient texts on silk or wood
Mawangdui Han Tombs: silk scroll, oldest writing on astronomy in world
Mawangdui Han Tombs: silk map
Mawangdui Han Tombs: silk painting
Mawangdui Han Tombs: silk painting of guard of honor
Mawangdui Han Tombs: silk painting of guard of honor (detail)
Painting on silk from Tomb #3 (repro)
Outline of painting on silk from Tomb #3 (repro)
Painting on silk from Tomb #1 (repro)
Outline of painting on silk from Tomb #1 (repro)
Outer and Inner Coffins
Mawangdui Han Tombs: outer coffin for Tomb #1
Mawangdui Han Tombs: second coffin for Tomb #1
Mawangdui Han Tombs: third coffin for Tomb #1
Mawangdui Han Tombs: inner coffin for Tomb #1
Corpse of Lady Dai
Mawangdui Han Tombs: corpse of Lady Dai, Xin Zhui
Mawangdui Han Tombs: coffin chamber viewed from above
