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Numismatics
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Ruler: Emperor Huizong, Chinese, 1082–1135
Artist: Unknown

Bronze tong bao of Emperor Huizong, Xuan He

1119–25

Bronze

7.25 g, 27.7 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Bequest of the Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897, Collection
2001.87.33850
Geography: 
Made in China
Status: 
By appointment
Culture: 
Chinese
Period: 
12th Century
Classification: 
Numismatics
Provenance: 

Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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