Image: Silk from Mawangdui
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Description: Flower-patterned silk from the Tomb No. 1 at Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan province, China, dated to the 2nd century BC during the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD). See :[1] China Institute/ NOBLE TOMBS AT MAWANGDUI (exhibition). See also : [2] Archaeology, a publication of the Archaeological Institute of America.
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