1,000-year-old silk shirt expected to fetch £500,000 at auction
A 1,000 year old silk shirt that looks like gold is expected to fetch £500,000 at auction.
The shirt is patterned with ducks wearing scarves and carrying jewelled necklaces in their beaks indicating that it belonged to the royal household of the nomadic Sogdian people.
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The shirt is patterned with ducks wearing scarves and carrying jewelled necklaces in their beaks indicating that it belonged to the royal household of the nomadic Sogdian people.
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