Han dynasty jade burial suit

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ancient Chinese funerary garment archaeological artifact type jade burial suit

The Han dynasty jade burial suit is an ancient Chinese funerary garment made of thousands of jade plaques sewn together, used to encase the bodies of elite nobles in the belief that jade could preserve the corpse and confer immortality.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Han dynasty jade burial suit canonical	1
jade burial suit of Dou Wan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Chinese funerary garment ⓘ archaeological artifact type ⓘ jade burial suit ⓘ
archaeologicalDiscovery	found in Han dynasty tomb excavations ⓘ
associatedBelief	jade can prevent decay of the body ⓘ jade has preservative powers ⓘ jade is linked to immortality ⓘ
burialContext	aristocratic tombs ⓘ imperial tombs ⓘ
composedOf	thousands of small jade plaques ⓘ
coversBodyPart	arms ⓘ feet ⓘ hands ⓘ head ⓘ legs ⓘ torso ⓘ
culture	Han Chinese ⓘ surface form: Han Chinese culture
eligibility	restricted to members of the Han imperial family and high aristocracy ⓘ
function	funerary garment for burial ⓘ
legalStatusInAntiquity	regulated by Han dynasty sumptuary laws ⓘ
madeOf	copper wire ⓘ gold wire ⓘ jade plaques ⓘ silk thread ⓘ silver wire ⓘ
manufacturingTechnique	jade plaques drilled and sewn together ⓘ plaques joined with metal wire or thread ⓘ
museumCollection	Hebei Provincial Museum ⓘ Nanjing Museum ⓘ National Museum of China ⓘ
notableExample	Han dynasty jade burial suit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: jade burial suit of Dou Wan jade burial suit of Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan ⓘ
originCountry	China ⓘ
purpose	to confer immortality ⓘ to encase the body of the deceased ⓘ to preserve the corpse ⓘ
rarity	extremely rare surviving artifact type ⓘ
scholarlyField	studied in Chinese archaeology ⓘ studied in art history of ancient China ⓘ
symbolism	purity and incorruptibility associated with jade ⓘ status and wealth of the deceased ⓘ
timeOfUse	approximately 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE ⓘ
typicalPlaqueShape	rectangular jade plaques ⓘ
usedFor	burial of emperors ⓘ burial of high-ranking nobles ⓘ burial of imperial princes ⓘ
usedInPeriod	Han dynasty ⓘ surface form: Eastern Han dynasty Han dynasty ⓘ Han dynasty ⓘ surface form: Western Han dynasty

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Museum of China → notableExhibit → Han dynasty jade burial suit ⓘ

Han dynasty jade burial suit → notableExample → Han dynasty jade burial suit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: jade burial suit of Dou Wan