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Scale-shaped gold ornamental piece
This scale-shaped gold ornamental piece, unearthed in Lixian County, Gansu Province, and currently preserved in Gansu Provincial Museum, has a height of 12.1 centimeters and a width of 7.65centimeters
They were made of gold with the shape of scale. The decoration of the surface consisted of three parallel lines, one arc and a triangle in the middle is like two mouths or the Chinese character “宫”.
These are lots of scale-shaped gold ornamental pieces discovered in the Qin-Dynasty tomb. These scale-shaped gold ornamental pieces are considered as parts of the bird’s wings on the coffin. One the one side, these unique decorations show the people’s worship to their ancestor; on the other side, they present the excellent skills in metallurgy.

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