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Chariot fitting with mythical hunting scenes
(Detail on facing page)

Western Han dynasty (206 bce-8 ce)

Bronze inlaid with gold, silver, and turquoise; h. 26.4 cm,

diam. 3.5 cm

Unearthed in 1965 from Sanpanshan tomb No. 122,
Ding county, Hebei Province
Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics, Shijiazhuang