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Explore image in Bird-shaped Zun on Wheels
18th–19th century
Bronze inlaid with gold
2 7/8 × 1 3/16 × 2 9/16 in. (7.3 × 3 × 6.5 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1954.49.9
Geography:
China
Culture:
Chinese
Period:
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Classification:
Containers - Metals
Provenance:
Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York, to 1954; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
David Ake Sensabaugh, The Scholar as Collector: Chinese Art at Yale, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2004), 13, 42, no. 11.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
