Courtesy Hebei Provincial Museum
‘Burial Suit of Dou Wan,’ Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 9), jade (nephrite) with gold wire, L. 67¾ in. (172 cm). Excavated in 1968, tomb no. 2 (Dou Wan), Mancheng, Hebei Province. Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang; on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition ‘Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties’ through July 16.
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‘Burial Suit of Dou Wan,’ Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 9), jade (nephrite) with gold wire, L. 67¾ in. (172 cm). Excavated in 1968, tomb no. 2 (Dou Wan), Mancheng, Hebei Province. Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang; on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition ‘Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties’ through July 16.