The Kill
300–100 BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
The Kill, 300–100 BC. China, late Warring States period (475-221 BC) to Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Painted clamshell; overall: 7.5 x 9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark in memory of Flora L. Terry 1957.139 The marine clam species to which this shell belongs is exclusive to the western Pacific Ocean near China, Japan, the Philippines, and the East Indies.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Painted clamshell
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.5 x 9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1957.139
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark in memory of Flora L. Terry
- Exhibitions
- 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei, The Arts of the Han Dynasty, Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail, <em>Chinese Painting</em>. Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY (May 22-June 10, 1940).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 010 Focus Gallery
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