Painted shells
Painted shells

Currently not on view

Painted shells,

3rd – 2nd century BCE

early Han dynasty, 206 BCE–220 CE
Chinese
Zhou dynasty, ca. 1100–256 BCE | Jin dynasty, 1115–1234
2002-78.1-.2

Information

Title
Painted shells
Dates

3rd – 2nd century BCE

Maker
early Han dynasty
Medium
Shell with green, red, black, and flesh pigments
Dimensions
.1: h. 4.2 cm., w. 5.3 cm., d. 1.6 cm. (1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 5/8 in.) .2: h. 4.1 cm., w. 5.2 cm., d. 1.4 cm. (1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James Freeman, Class of 1965
Object Number
2002-78.1-.2
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Western Han, Zhou, Qin (style and period)
Type
shell, paintings
Materials
shell, pigment
Subject
trees, figures (representations)

–2002 James Freeman (Kyoto, Japan), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2002.

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