Collection object "Or.8211/503" • Fragment of a Chinese silk envelope, probably…

Title

Fragment of a Chinese silk envelope, probably to hold a letter also written on silk.

Date

200 BCE to 200 CE

Find site

Dunhuang Limes

Measurement

height 15 centimetres, width 7.5 centimetres

Material

ink on silk

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Description

Scope and content : On it are inscribed the words, 'Ningzun humbly sends in his report to Mr Wang.' This item was exhibited in the 1911 Festival of Empire exhibition at Crystal Palace (p.48 in catalogue).

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHL.

Stein site number

T.XV.a.ii.4

Find site description

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

Chavannes, E.L'instruction d'un futur empereur de Chine en l'an 1193Mémoires concernant l'Asie Orientale116-641913astronomy

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Or.8211/503