Pieces of a Buckle
CultureChinese
DateWarring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 inches (21.59 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-135/12 A-J
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DescriptionCurved buckle ending in animal head hook. Inlaid with gold, silver and jade, including four medallions of gold and two of jade.ProvenanceWith Celestin Liu, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), by August 14, 1931 [1];
Purchased from Liu, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] Mentioned in a letter from Laurence Sickman to Langdon Warner, August 14, 1931, Harvard University Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, HUG 4872.1010, box 12, folder 21, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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