Table 4 Unearthed ceremonial crowns with bao dian, bo bin or bu yao from the Sui-Tang dynasty
From: A Sui-Tang dynasty woman’s crown: analyzing form, glass and class
Tomb | Date | Objects | Owner | Image | Number of bao dian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southern suburbs of Ningxia Guyuan Sui Shi Wushe tomb | 610 | Bao dian and part of bi ji (蔽髻) “ornaments for making fake chignon” | Shi Wushe, Sui dynasty General | (See Fig. 9) | 1 |
M2 of Cao village, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu province | 648 | A set of a complete ritual crown with two bo bin, six hairpin | Empress Xiao of Sui |
(Photos: Yang Junchang) | 12 |
Tang tomb of Yan Shiwei and his wife, Lady Pei in Majiagou, Xi’an, Shaanxi | 706 | A set of a complete ritual crown with six bao dian, humanoid, avian, and floral ornaments | Lady Pei (wife of Yan Shiwei, a magsitrate in Taizhou) |
(Photo: Yang Junkai) | 6 |
Kunlun M2 | Kunlun M2 crown | Unknown | (See Fig. 1) | 8 |
