Plate
CultureChinese
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MediumPottery
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 13 1/2 inches (5.08 × 34.29 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-215
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DescriptionLarge blue on white plate with a design of three chimera and serpentine ribbon all-over patternProvenanceWith T’ien Lien Kun, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by March 15, 1934;
Purchased from T’ien Lien Kun, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] Sickman's purchase record, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Files, box 1a, Art Invoices/Vouchers 1934.
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