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Quicksand sequins coaster with the image of mural painting of Four Supernatural Beings Surrounded by Clouds
Time: 2022-04-28 16:01:50

Cultural relics card:


Mural painting of Four Supernatural Beings Surrounded by Clouds was created in the early Western Han dynasty(202-141 BC ) and excavated at the Shiyuan(persimmon orchard) Han tomb, Mt. Mangdang, Yongcheng, Shangqiu, Henan Province, 1987. The length of the mural is 5.14 meters, the width is 3.27 meters, and the area is 16.8 square meters.Through scientific and technological means, archaeological experts cut the mural according to the original appearance and moved to Henan Museum, then the mural became one of the "Collection Highlights"in Henan Museum.

In the middle of the mural, there is a 7-meter-long dragon flying, Scarlet Bird,White Tiger and Somber Warrior, surrounded by ganoderma lucidum and cloud patterns. From the west end of the top of the main tomb, the mural extends to the east for over Zhang(unit of length), with a total area of 30 square meters, filling the gap of murals in the Western Han dynasty, more than 600 years earlier than Dunhuang murals(4th-14th century A.D). Known as "Dunhuang before Dunhuang", the mural painting of Four Supernatural Beings Surrounded by Clouds is not only an earlier, large-scale, highest-ranking and well-preserved mural in China, but also a magnificent epic carrying the thought of Chinese immortals in the early Western Han dynasty.



The designer said:

Based on the image and meaning expressed by the cultural relic, we boldly add modern design inspiration into the mural painting with great historical value. To reflect the magnificent and flexible characteristics of Four Supernatural Beings, we choose black and gold as the main color of the coaster picture, and select the deep, boundless and imaginative starry sky as the background. The designer uses a soft silicone sleeve on the outer ring of the product to prevent slip, reduce vibration and deformation; the interior is paved with highly glossy golden quicksand sequins, which flickers and brightens with infinite interest when shaking.

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