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Asian Art
Explore image in Pair of Deer-Shaped Garment Plaques
5th–3rd century B.C.E.
Gold
1 7/16 × 1 15/16 × 3/16 in. (3.7 × 5 × 0.4 cm)
1 7/16 × 2 × 3/16 in. (3.7 × 5.1 × 0.4 cm)
1 7/16 × 2 × 3/16 in. (3.7 × 5.1 × 0.4 cm)
Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow
2010.205.12a-b
Geography:
China
Culture:
China, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, Siberia
Classification:
Apparel/Costume
Provenance:
With TK Asian Antiquities, Williamsburg, Va., by March 2003; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, March 23, 2003; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2010
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
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.
