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Silk Belt

CultureChinese
DateTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)
MediumSilk; dyed
DimensionsOverall: 13 3/4 × 20 3/4 inches (34.93 × 52.71 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-49 B
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Provenance

Purchased on the Chinese art market, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934 [1].

NOTES:

[1] This object is included on a list of objects received from Sickman by the Nelson-Atkins on May 3, 1934. Nelson-Atkins Archives, Sickman Miscellaneous, box 3, Receipts - 1934.

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