Medium:

Bones and turtle plastrons

Dimensions:

H x W x D (a (turtle shell)): 12.8 × 7.6 × 1.5 cm (5 1/16 × 3 × 9/16 in)

H x W x D (b): 10.5 × 4 × 1.5 cm (4 1/8 × 1 9/16 × 9/16 in)

H x W x D (c): 4 × 3 × 0.5 cm (1 9/16 × 1 3/16 × 3/16 in)

H x W x D (d): 1.6 × 2.4 × 0.3 cm (5/8 × 15/16 × 1/8 in)

H x W x D (e): 4.5 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm (1 3/4 × 5/16 × 3/16 in)

Type:

Unclassified

Origin:

Anyang, probably Henan province, China

Date:

ca. 1250 - ca. 1050 BCE

Period:

Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Exhibition History:

Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)

Topic:

Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)  Search this

Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)  Search this

tortoise  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

divination  Search this

Accession Number:

FSC-O-1a-e

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Sackler Gallery 24a: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b1759ed1-fa1b-4fe9-b004-ebd99146d316

EDAN-URL:

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