Two carved wooden fragments

Object Details

• Description

  Both pieces were once covered with a milky-white, now powdery paint. Over this surface, outlined in black, are scroll motifs. The interior of the motifs are filled in with a deep blue-green also somewhat powdery (mineral?) pigment.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth FSC-W-34ab

• Type

  Unclassified

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• Date

  900s, 1000s

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Wood, Chinese Art, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth collection, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Unclassified