Medium:

Bone

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 2 × 2.4 × 0.6 cm (13/16 × 15/16 × 1/4 in)

Type:

Natural Material

Origin:

China

Date:

ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE

Period:

Shang dynasty

Provenance:

From 1936 to 1991

John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), Las Vegas, Nevada, purchased in Xiaotun, Anyang, Honan province, China. [1]

From 1991

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]

Notes:

[1] See Curatorial Remark 1. See also the "List of Objects Offered to the Freer Gallery of Art" and Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

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Credit Line:

Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

Accession Number:

FSC-O-32

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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/ye390052de5-7a75-4304-badc-d0363bc0d1b9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-O-32