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Excavated places tagged “lacquer”

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Fujinoki Kofun

Late Kofun 560–710 CE (Asuka) · Late Kofun (Yamato–Silla contact)

Unlooted 48 m Kofun at Ikaruga — gilt horse trappings and lacquer coffins (late 6th c, 1985 discovery).

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🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder

Mawangdui Han Tombs

Western Han Early 202–141 BCE · Han dynasty (Changsha Kingdom)

Family cemetery of Marquess of Dai (Li Cang, Prime Minister of Changsha Kingdom, Western Han, 202 BCE–9 CE) with three rectangular shaft tombs (168–145 BCE).