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In the off-chance that its not bait: lamellar is extremely dogshit to preserve unless someone is actively maintaining them. Changs find them in tombs all the time and all thats left of em are crumpled scales on the floor. This is why the only surviving armor pieces from China are ones from Imperial collections from its last two dynasties, the kind worn by Emperors for ceremonies and then put away in some Forbidden City treasury.

The ancient Chinese also treat armor as purely military equipment. They had a military, not a warrior class. They don't go "uoooh armor of my ancesteru" they just go "mk 1, armor" and melt that shit for newer armor.