Silver Box in Persian style unearthed in China, in the tomb of the Nanyue king, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province’
Height: 12.1cm
Belly Diameter: 14.8cm
Weight: 572.6g
“A white silver box unearthed from the Nanyue king tomb is quite unusual. It was found in the main coffin chamber containing with a kind of substance that looked like medicinal pills.
Judging from its shape and ornamental design, which are greatly different from those of traditional Chinese silverware, and by chemical analysis of the pills, archaeologists believed that it is a product of Persia and its contents are a kind of Arabian medicine.” [source] [source2]
Silver lobed lidded box and drawings after
Recent Finds of Western-Related Glassware, Textiles, and Metalwork in Central Asia and China
ELLEN JOHNSTON LAING
