Type Pi Symbol
CultureChinese
Date18th century
MediumWhite jade with yellow veining
DimensionsOverall: 1/4 × 4 inches (0.64 × 10.16 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number35-86
On View
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DescriptionRaised grain pattern on both sides.ProvenancePossibly with Dr. Otto Burchard (1892-1965), Peiping (Beijing), China, by 1935 [1];
Possibly purchased from Burchard, through Laurence Sickman (1906-1988), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1935.
NOTES:
[1] Nelson-Atkins files are not clear from whom Sickman acquired this object, but it may be no. 197, which is recorded as from dealer Otto Burchard, on a list of Sickman's purchases in the Nelson-Atkins Archives, Sickman Miscellaneous, box 3, folder Shipping 1934.
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