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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.453
Title
Plaque: Felines Attacking Wild Goats
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
300-100 BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Mongolia
Culture
East Asian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310766

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Copper alloy
Dimensions
7.6 cm (3 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stuart Cary Welch, Warner, NH (by 1970), transfer; to the Edith I. Welch 2004 Trust (2008-2016), transfer; to The Welch Family Holdings, LLC, Thomas C. Welch, Manager, Cambridge, MA (2016-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.


Note: Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008). Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at the Harvard Art Museums (1976-2008) and Special Consultant in charge of the department of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (1979-1987.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the family of Edith and Stuart Cary Welch in honor of David Gordon Mitten
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.453
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Emma C. Bunker, ed., “Animal Style” Art from East to West, exh. cat., Asia Society (New York, 1970), pp. 132, 143, no. 117
  • John Boardman, The Relief Plaques of Eastern Eurasia and China: The ‘Ordos’ Bronzes, Peter the Great’s Treasure, and their Kin, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. (Oxford, 2010), p. 72, no. 339, pl. 45

Verification Level

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