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Sword Chape

CultureChinese
DateEastern Zhou dynasty (ca. 500 B.C.E.)
MediumNephrite jade
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 3 × 7/8 inches (6.35 × 7.62 × 2.22 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.25
On View
Not on view
DescriptionTriangular-shaped chape carved with curvilinear patternProvenance

With Tony Milton, November 2003;

Purchased from Tony Milton by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), November 2003-2010;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025

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