Tortoise
Object Details
- Artist
- Shiqiao
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Magic, Myths, and Minerals: Chinese Jades from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (August 23, 2003 to January 29, 2006)
- Credit Line
- Transfer from the Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- 17th-early 19th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Accession Number
- S1995.94
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Agalmatolite
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4.2 x 7.3 x 14.6 cm (1 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 5 3/4 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- stone
- mythological animal
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- tortoise
- China
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S1995.94
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a84f18dd-606a-4c72-9ecc-847b89e24b89
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