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Nanyue King Museum: Royal Tomb

The Royal Tomb area of the Nanyue King Museum centers on the tomb of King Wen and its excavated objects. The silk-threaded jade suit gives the burial a human scale, while the museum places it within the history of Nanyue and the region around Guangzhou.

Silk-threaded jade burial suit from the tomb of King Wen of Nanyue
Silk-threaded jade burial suit from the tomb of King Wen of Nanyue.

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  1. Silk-threaded jade burial suit from the tomb of King Wen of Nanyue.Nanyue King Museum; photographer not identified. · Rights information Photo source ↗ Proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or watermark removal.