Box and Lid in Hexagonal Petal Form
CultureChinese
DateTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)
MediumSilver-gilt
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 4 1/8 inches (9.53 × 10.49 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number55-49 A,B
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
Exhibition HistoryChinese Gold and Silver from the Tang Dynasty from American Collections, Dayton Art Institute, November 3, 1984 - January 6, 1985; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY, February 5 - April 21, 1985; George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA, June 1 - July 14, 1985; Birmingham, Alabama Museum of Art, August 9 - September 22, 1985.
Edith R. Bennett, by August 1952-1955 [1];
Purchased from Edith R. Bennett by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1955.
NOTES:
[1] This object was on loan from Bennett to the Nelson-Atkins from August 1952 until its purchase in 1955.
Clarence W. Kelley, Chinese Gold and Silver in American Collection (Dayton Art Institute, 1984), 72, no.42 (repro.).
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