The Hunt
300–100 BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
The Hunt, 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 Homer H. Tielke, Jr., in honor of the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Homer H. Tielke, Sr. 1957.141 A four-horse chariot and a two-horse chariot are both depicted in this hunting scene.
- 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
- 1957.141
- Credit Line
- Gift of Homer H. Tielke, Jr., in honor of the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Homer H. Tielke, Sr.
- Exhibitions
- 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei, Chinese Art, 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)., <em>The Arts of the Han Dynasty</em>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 7-March 26, 1961).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 010 Focus Gallery
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