Oracle bone, inscribed
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Period
ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE -
Geography
China -
Material
Bone -
Dimension
H x W x D: 4.8 × 2 × 0.2 cm (1 7/8 × 13/16 × 1/16 in) -
Accession Number
FSC-O-29 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_FSC-O-29
Object Details
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Provenance
From 1936 to 1991John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), Las Vegas, Nevada, purchased in Xiaotun, Anyang, Honan province, China. [1]From 1991Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]Notes:[1] See Curatorial Remark 1. See also the "List of Objects Offered to the Freer Gallery of Art" and Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, Collections Management Office.[2] See note 1. -
Collection
Freer Study Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
John Hadley Cox (1913-2005) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection -
Type
Unclassified -
Restrictions and Rights
CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
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