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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1934.7
Title
Finial in the Form of a Phoenix with Outstretched Wings
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1st-2nd century CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206650

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze
Dimensions
H. 11.8 x W. 10.5 x 7 x D. 7 cm (4 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Laurence C.F. Sickman, Class of 1930
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
1934.7
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Henry Trubner, Arts of the Han Dynasty, exh. cat., Chinese Art Society of America (New York, 1961), pp. 26-27, no. 19

Verification Level

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