There were substantive development in the production process of the clothing chest in the Imperial Palace. Similar clothing chests were evacuated from the tomb of Lu Wang Zhu Tan of the early Ming. There were also numerous accounts of these clothing chest according to Imperial records of the Ming dynasty. Reference to the scroll painting Chujing Tu presently residing in the National Palace Museum in Taipei depicting a grand scene of the young Wanli Emperor traveling with his entourage of army, among them were a group of four individuals carrying a pair of very similar clothing chest, escorted by further attendants and eunuchs holding an umbrella, which taken together illuminates the prominence of these dragon chests and the precious cargo of which it held.