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Photos of Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)

Jade burial suit of a queen of the Jiangdu kingdom Dayun Mountain Xuyi Jiangsu Western Han Period 2n by mharrsch

Depending on the body size, a complete jade burial suit could take up to twenty-five hundred jade pieces in rectangular, triangular, round, half-moon, and fan shapes. Suits were sewn in gold, silver, or bronze thread to denote the wearers' status. This suit of a queen was sewn in gold thread. Photographed at the &quot;Tomb Treasures&quot; exhibit at the <a href="http://www.asianart.org/" rel="nofollow">Asian Art Museum</a> in San Francisco, California.
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco – Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture houses one of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world, with more than 18,000 works of art in its permanent collection, some as much as 6,000 yea... Read further
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