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| Keywords: Banière funéraire, peinture sur soie, Chine.jpg Funeral banner painting on silk from the tomb 1 of Mawangdui Western Han period Hunan Provincial Museum Changsha China 2 05 x 0 92 m This 6¾ foot long 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 China The scenes depicted on it seem to illustrate the journey of the woman's soul The top section shows the heavenly realm complete with dragons leopards and hybrid creatures At the corners are the crow that symbolizes the sun and the toad that symbolizes the moon the pairing of the sun and moon representing the cosmic forces of yin and yang Banière funéraire de la marquise Dai encre et couleurs sur soie provenant de la tombe n°1 de Mawangdui période Han occidentale Musée de la province du Hunan Changsha Chine 2 05 x 0 92 m from Le Musée absolu Phaidon 10-2012 168-145 BCE author <gallery> File Mawangdui silk banner from tomb no1 jpg File Western Han Chinese Silk JPG </gallery> Funeral banner tomb 1 of Mawangdui China 06 30 19 February 2015 UTC Banière funéraire peinture sur soie Chine jpg PD-old-100 Images from Phaidon Photographs and images by Yann Forget Taken with Nikon D7000 Mawangdui Valued images by Yann Forget Valued images from Phaidon | ||||
