Gold Plaque

CultureChinese

DateHan dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)

MediumPierced gold

DimensionsOverall: 9/16 × 1 5/8 inches (1.43 × 4.13 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number40-51

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionPierced gold plaque. Confronted peacocks with outspread tails in granular work. Originally inlaid with turquoise. Pierced for attaching.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Exhibition of Han Art, Art Institute, Chicago, November 1941.

Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, November - December 1952.

Provenance

Dr. Otto Burchard;

Purchased from Dr. Otto Burchard by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1940.

Published References

Se K’ao Ku Hsueh Pao, vol. iv (1957), 107 (repro.).

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