Ornament
CultureChinese
DateTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 6 3/4 inches (25.4 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-122/2
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DescriptionOne side of the upper frieze of a small, octagonal cinerary pagoda with imagery of a double human-headed, bird-bodied figure.ProvenanceWith Celestin Liu, Peiping (Beijing), China, by August 1931;
Purchased from Celestin Liu, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
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