Scabbard Finial
CultureChinese
DateEastern Zhou (770-256 B.C.E.)-Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
MediumWhite jade
DimensionsOverall: 2 15/16 × 2 5/8 × 5/8 inches (7.46 × 6.68 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number50-44
On View
Not on viewCollections
ProvenanceWith J. T. Tai (1911-1992), Shanghai, China, by June 1947;
Purchased from J. T. Tai by C. T. Loo & Co., stock no. NYL-7/999, by June 1947-1950 [1];
Purchased from C. T. Loo & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1950.
NOTES:
[1] C. T. Loo and Frank Caro archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy of stock card in NAMA curatorial files.
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