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Cricket Cage

CultureChinese
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumMolded and engraved gourd, ivory and tortoise shell
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 2 5/8 inches (11.43 × 6.68 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Nelson Gallery Foundation
Object numberF86-9
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 224
Collections
DescriptionMade of moulded gourd, the raised design of the Eight Steeds of King Mu celebrated for the royal trip to the Land of Immortality.Provenance

Art Manning Jr.;

Purchased from Art Manning Jr.  by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1986.

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Cricket Gourd
1803
41-39/6 A,B
Cricket Cage
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
F97-37/12
top oblique
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
41-39/3
top oblique
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
41-39/12
Cricket Cage
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
41-39/7
Cricket Cage
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
41-39/17 A-C
Cricket Cage
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
41-39/8 A-C
Cricket Cage
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
41-39/16 A,B
Cricket Cage
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
41-39/11
Cricket Cage
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
41-39/18 A,B
Cricket Cage
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
41-39/10 A,B