Ring

CultureChinese

Date19th century

MediumCoral

DimensionsOverall: 7/8 × 7/16 inches (2.22 × 1.11 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number33-704

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionCoral band with medallion and inscription.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Origins: Collecting to Create the Nelson-Atkins, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 14, 2021-March 6, 2022.

Provenance

With Peking Craft Shop, Peiping (modern day Beijing), China;

Purchased from Peking Craft Shop by C. Frances Bieber (1886-1983), by 1933;

Purchased from Bieber by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

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