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)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Transfer from the Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

• Type

  Sculpture

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1850s

• Name

  Shiqiao

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Mythological animal, Tortoise, Stone

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture