Bird
CultureChinese
DateZhou dynasty (1045-256 B.C.E.)
MediumGray pottery with traces of polychrome
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/4 × 14 inches (37.47 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number40-16
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionBird figure with removable wings and tail. Dark gray clay with traces of red pigment.Exhibition HistoryChinese Art of the Late Eastern Chou Dynasty, China Institute, New York, November - December 1962.
Animals and Birds in Chinese Art, China Institute in America, New York, October 24, 1967-January 31, 1968.
Dr. Otto Burchard;
Purchased from Dr. Otto Burchard by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1940.
Walter Hochstadter, Early Chinese Ceramics In The Buffalo Museum of Science (Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Museum of Science, 1946), Pl. 20, No. 77 (repro.).
Archives of Asian Art, vol. X (New York: Asia Society, 1956), 49, fig. 8 (repro.).
Art of Eastern Chou, Chinese Art Society, 772-221 B. C.: A Loan Exhibition (New York: the Society, 1962), 18, no. 26 (repro.).
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