Chicken
Chicken

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Chicken

Chinese
possibly Eastern Han or Three Kingdoms period, 205-280 CE
y1969-44

Information

Title
Chicken
Medium
Fine gray clay with cream-colored slip
Dimensions
h. 10.8 cm., w. 5.2 cm., d. 10.7 cm. (4 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Mary C. Rockefeller
Object Number
y1969-44
Place Made

Asia, China

Marks/Labels/Seals
Painted in red on bottom: 10-50
Culture
Chinese
Period
Six Dynasties
Type
figurines, ceramics
Subject
chickens

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