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Object of unknown use

Former TitleStand or Holder
CultureChinese
DateWarring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
MediumBronze inlaid with silver
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 4 1/4 inches (9.53 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number47-46
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 224
Collections
Provenance

Tonying and Co.;

Purchased from Tonying and Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1947.

Published References

The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, The William Rockhill Nelson Collection, 3rd ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1949), 131 (repro.).

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