Catalogue
Displaying 1 - 1 of 1
Full Catalog Number: 183141.nosub[1]
Catalog Number: 183141
Description: figure, pigeon, A limestone figure of a pigeon in Zhou style. The body is filled with meanders and triangles with two conventional monster heads on the socket. Wings are carved into a spiral in high relief, with feathers indicated by scales. There is a ridge over the tail feathers and the eyes are inlaid with lapis lazuli. It is three dimensional with a base for attachment to a stick of some sort. There is a triangular naye pattern, a crested head, two stylized animal faces on the base and light brown and turquoise in color.
Materials: stone; limestone, stone; lazurite - lapis lazuli
Cultural Attribution: Han Chinese
Time Period: Zhou - Han Dynasty
Locality: Asia, China
Accession Number: 1689
Country: China
Collector/Source: Kate S. Buckingham, Bahr, Able William - Collection, Mrs. G. T. Smith, J. Borland, Martin A. Ryerson, Julius Rosenwald, Otto C. Doering, M. Schwab
Available Media:
1 image file
