Nanyue silver box

The Nanyue silver box (Ch: 南越裂瓣纹银器) is an ancient silver box with lobed decoration (裂瓣纹) discovered in Southern China in the tomb of Emperor Wen of Nanyue (who died in 124 BCE).

[2] Many similar silver boxes have been excavated in Chinese archaeological site.

[1] Two similar boxes were excavated in 2004 in a tomb of the Warring States period (475-221 BCE) in Xixin (西辛), Qingzhou.

[3] They were probably manufactured in Central China, rather than in Western Asia or Nanyue as initially thought, as they used Chinese casting technology rather than the cold-hammered technology generally used in Iran.

[1][4] The Nanyue Silver Box is considered as a case of luxurious artifact using a combination of foreign style, imported from West Asia and already influential in 3rd century BCE Han China, with Chinese manufacturing technology.