Western Han
Western Han
Gold seal: ‘Seal of the King of Dian’
Western Han (206 BC – AD 8)
Height 1.8 cm, Width 2.4 cm, Weight 89.5 g.
Excavated in 1956 from the King of Dian’s tomb, Zhaishan, Pudingxian, Yunnan Province
Made of gold with a snake handle, this square seal is inscribed with four characters ‘Seal of the King of Dian’. The workmanship is refined and the inscription uses the distinctive square and smooth strokes of seal script in its Qin-dynasty form. (Zhang Runping)
Gold wuzhu coin
Western Han(206 BC – AD 8)
Diameter 2.6 cm, Diameter of hole 1.1 cm
Excavated in 1980 from Xianyang, Shaanxi Province
Gold seal
Western Han （206 BC – AD 8）
Height 1.8 cm, Length 2.4 cm
Handed down after being found at Richao, Shandong Province
Gold horse hoof
Western Han(206 BC –AD 8)
Height at front 4.9cm, Diameter of base 6.6cm, Weight 250g
Handed down
Western Han Gold Horse Hoof
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Gary Todd. Taken on April 12, 2012
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