Antiquities and Monuments Office - VO013: Brocade armband with Chinese characters Wu Xing Chu Dong Fang Li Zhong Guo (Five stars rise in the east, auspicious for the Central Plains) (2179)

Brocade armband with Chinese characters Wu Xing Chu Dong Fang Li Zhong Guo (Five stars rise in the east, auspicious for the Central Plains)

Brocade armband with Chinese characters Wu Xing Chu Dong Fang Li Zhong Guo (Five stars rise in the east, auspicious for the Central Plains)
Han dynasty (202 BCE – 220)
Original unearthed in 1995 at Tomb No. 8, Niya, Minfeng, Xinjiang
Collection of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum
L: 18.5 cm; W: 12.5 cm

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