1943.52.84.A: Circular Plaque with Decoration of Interlaced Serpents (One of Two)
Plaques
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.52.84.A
- Title
- Circular Plaque with Decoration of Interlaced Serpents (One of Two)
- Classification
- Plaques
- Work Type
- plaque
- Date
- 5th-3rd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204453
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Repoussé gold. Purportedly found in Jincun, near Loyang, Henan province.
- Dimensions
- Diam. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.52.84.A
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Exhibition of Chinese Arts. C.T. Loo & Co. Special Sale, November 1, 1941 to April 30, 1942., auct. cat., C.T. Loo & Co. (New York, 1941), no. 207
Verification Level
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