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Wooden comb with double-sided carving

Western Han Dynasty (206 BC–25 AD)

Unearthed in 1978 from Shuihudi M47, Yunmeng.

Height: 9 cm, width: 6.3 cm, maximum thickness: 1.45 cm

Wooden, carved. Bas-relief on both sides: one side with a bird-headed galloping horse; the other with a mythical beast devouring an animal.