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Semi-circular Roof Tile

CultureChinese
DateEastern Zhou dynasty-Warring States period (771-221 B.C.E.)
MediumPottery
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 8 7/8 × 3 3/4 inches (11.43 × 22.54 × 9.53 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-249
On View
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DescriptionOrnamental end is decorated with design in relief of two animals facing each other, each with one claw raised.Provenance

With Fu Shu Ta, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by April 4, 1934;

Purchased from Fu Shu Ta, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] Sickman's purchase record, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Files, box 1a, Art Invoices/Vouchers 1934.

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