Collection object "MAS.773" • Small bag made grey silk.

Title

Small bag made grey silk.

Date

260 BCE to 220 CE

Find site

Dunhuang Limes

Measurement

height 10 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Small bag made grey silk. The little bag was constructed of four pieces. The mouthpiece is a square with a round hole in the centre, to which the sides of the bag were sewn. A circular piece was sewn to the lower end of the sides and a folded strip to the upper end. The strip forms a band for tying up the opening of the bag. The bag was originally lined with pieces of silk cut from letters, now in British Library (Or.8211/398, 398bis, 398(A))

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHL.

Stein site number

T.XIII.i.003.a

Find site description

Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.

The British Museum Reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the British Museum

MAS.773

Overview