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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Shang
Title:Finial
Date Made:700-206 BCE; late Chou
Type:Sculpture
Materials:jade
Place Made:China; Shandong
Measurements:1 3/16 x 1 7/8 x 3/8 in.; 3.0163 x 4.7625 x .9525 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1960.164.8
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan B. Hart
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
partly translucent buff white finial ornament openwork pattern of modeled abstract or foliate forms springing from square pillar, upper and lower portions of design enclose pillar, deeply drilled insertion holes on two squared ends project laterally from it, grooved flange alongside pillar, reverse side plain

Tags:
abstract

Subjects:
Art, Abstract

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