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Buffalo

CultureChinese
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumJade
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 × 7 × 2 1/2 inches (13.34 × 17.78 × 6.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Massey Holmes
Object number51-56/5
On View
Not on view
Collections
Provenance

Ethel B. Holmes (1879-1964), by 1951;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1951.

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