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Bone Fragment

CultureChinese
DateShang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/16 × 3/4 inches (5.24 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-79/3
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 224
Collections
DescriptionConvex side engraved with owl (?) and concave side with Kuei and snake head.Provenance

Purchased through Laurence Sickman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.

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left: 35-79/4  middle: 35-115/1   right: 35-79/1
12th-11th century B.C.E.
35-79/1
Bone Fragment
Shang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
35-79/2
left: 395-79/4  middle: 35-115/1   right: 35-79/1
Shang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
35-79/4
Bone Apron Fragment
19th century
74-36/99
Oracle Bone
Shang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
50-31
Inscribed Oracle Bone
Shang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
35-115/4
Inscribed Oracle Bone
Shang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
35-115/12
recto overall
12th-11th century B.C.E.
35-115/7
recto overall
12th-11th century B.C.E.
35-115/11