Date: Western Han Dynasty (206 BC- AD 25)
Provenance: Unearthed from a Han Dynasty tomb in Yongcheng, Henan province, 1985
Measurements: Length: 180 cm, Width: 125 cm

The jade suit was used as the burial clothes of emperors and high-ranking nobles of the Han Dynasty. At that time, burial clothes were made by threading jade pieces together with gold, silver or copper wire, according to the nobility rank of the deceased. This jade suit was unearthed at a Han Dynasty tomb at the top of Xishan Mountain, Mangshan town, Yongcheng city. It was the burial suit of King Liang, a member of the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty. The suit is made of 2,008 pieces of jade threaded together with gold wire. It is composed of the head cover, face cover, upper garment, sleeves, gloves, trousers and foot covers, which were made in accordance with the various parts of the human body.