Ornament
CultureChinese
DateTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)
MediumStone
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 6 3/4 inches (25.4 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-122/1
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DescriptionOne side of the upper frieze of a small, octagonal cinerary pagoda with imagery of a single bird.ProvenanceWith Wang Hsiu Feng, Sing Shiang, Honan, China, by March 1931;
Purchased from Wang Hsiu Feng by Liu Hua Feng, Tai Lai Tien, Peking (modern-day Beijing), China, March-May 29, 1931 [1];
Purchased from Liu Hua Feng by the dealer Celestin Liu, Peking, China, May 29, 1931 [2];
Purchased from Celestin Liu, through Laurence Sickman (1906-1988) and Langdon Warner (1881-1931), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] "Kansas City - Itemized Purchases in China and Japan, 1932," no. A-60, Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 28, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
[2] Ibid.
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