Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West

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Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West,

1st–2nd century (stone); late 19th-early 20th century (rubbing)

Chinese
Eastern Han dynasty, 25–220 CE
2022-240

Information

Title
Shrine from the Cai Family Garden (Cai shi yuan 蔡氏園): Queen Mother of the West
Dates

1st–2nd century (stone); late 19th-early 20th century (rubbing)

Medium
Sheet: ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
25.4 × 80 cm (10 × 31 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Harold S. Henry on behalf of Margaret Trowbridge Setton
Object Number
2022-240
Place Made

Asia, China, Shandong province

Culture
Chinese
Period
Han (Chinese)
Type
rubbings
Subject
figures (representations)

Margaret Trowbridge Setton (d. 1987), Princeton, NJ, 1980–1987; inherited by Harold S. Henry, Fall City, WA, 1987–2022; on loan to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1980–2022; gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum by Harold S. Henry, 2022.

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