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The tomb is divided into four separate chambers, [3] resembling the layout of a palace of the day. The northern chamber is the smallest and contained military artifacts. The eastern chamber contained the tomb of Marquis Yi, who was buried in a wooden lacquer coffin nested inside a larger lacquer coffin. This chamber also contained eight other ...
Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan, Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng Gallery. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com. Date: 3 December 2010, 11:58: Source: Lacquered Wood Suitcase, Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng: Author: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China
Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan, Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng Gallery. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com. Date: 3 December 2010, 10:29: Source: Accompanying Coffin, Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng: Author: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China
The items above are unearthed from the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng, and are great examples of lost-wax casting, without which such intricate designs are impossible to achieve. The earliest archaeological evidence of lost wax casting in China was found in the 6th century BC, at the cemetery of Chu in Xichuan , Henan province. [ 12 ]
Carved and lacquered wooden outer coffin from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng (曾侯乙墓外棺) [33] Warring States period (475–221 BCE) Sui County, Hubei: 1978 Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan: Pair of intricately decorated bronze food and wine vessels cast using the lost-wax process from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng (曾侯乙青铜尊盘 ...
Zeng-hou-yi Bells. The Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng (simplified Chinese: 曾侯乙编钟; traditional Chinese: 曾侯乙編鐘; pinyin: Zēnghóuyǐ Biānzhōng), or Zenghouyi Bells, is the name given to an ancient musical instrument made of bells (called bianzhong) unearthed in 1978 in the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in Leigudun Community (擂鼓墩社区), Nanjiao Subdistrict (南郊街道 ...
Bronze bells from Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng. Zeng (曾国; Zēngguó) or Tsang was a historical state in China. The state existed during the time of the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC) and had territory in the area around Suizhou in modern Hubei province. Archaeological findings indicate that Zeng could have been the same state as Sui.
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