Fragment van een ritueel object

anonymous, -1600 - -1000

Fragment showing a succession of mythical animals. China, Anyang, Henan province. Late Shang period (1300 - 1050 BC). Bone.

  • Artwork typeritual object, fragment
  • Object numberAK-MAK-3
  • Dimensionsheight 13.4 cm x width 2.7 cm x depth 1 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Fragment van een ritueel object

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-3

  • Description

    Fragment, Shangyin, been, opeenvolging van fabeldieren.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, China

  • Dating

    -1600 - -1000

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 13.4 cm x width 2.7 cm x depth 1 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase C.T. Loo, Paris, 1938)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from C.T. Loo, Paris, £ 20, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1938;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • W.C. White, Bronze culture of ancient China : an archaeological study of bronze objects from northern Honan, dating from about 1400 B. C.-771 B. C, p. 158 (fig. B), p. 146.

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