Silk painting depicting a man riding a dragon
Silk painting depicting a man riding a dragon (人物御龍帛畫) is a Chinese painting on silk from the Warring States period (475-221 BC). It was discovered in the Zidanku Tomb no. 1 in Changsha, Hunan Province in 1973. Now in the Hunan Museum, it is one of the "Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad", announced by the Chinese government in 2002.
| Silk painting depicting a man riding a dragon | |
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Silk painting featuring a man riding a dragon, dated to 5th-3rd century BC. | |
| Year | c. 348 BC |
| Type | Silk |
| Dimensions | 37.5 cm × 28 cm (14.8 in × 11 in) |
| Location | Hunan Museum, Changsha, China |
The painting is in a rectangular shape, 37.5 cm in height and 28 cm in width. The silk cloth is dark brown in colour with a flat-line pattern. It is both one of the oldest Chinese paintings and one of the oldest silk paintings in existence.
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