Gallery:
China
Room / Case / #
33 / 31/
The location details for the object are shown above in red. The Room numbers and Gallery names should match the British Museum maps and signage. Not every object has a case number or an item-within-case number.
This heading tells you the relevance of the object to our Silk Road story
Here there will be a description of the object and or a chapter in our Silk Road story. Note that: C is an abbreviation for century, CE for Common Era ( cf AD ) and BCE for Before CE ( cf BC ).
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