coffin platform (animal motif)
coffin platform (animal motif)
coffin platform (animal motif)
coffin platform (animal motif)

On view

Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

coffin platform (animal motif),

10th–13th century

Chinese
Liao dynasty, 907–1125
1995-78 c

Information

Title
coffin platform (animal motif)
Dates

10th–13th century

Medium
Wood and pigment
Dimensions
33 × 132 × 3.5 cm (13 × 51 15/16 × 1 3/8 in.) mount (mounted with 1995-78 b): 270 cm (106 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
1995-78 c
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Liao
Type
funerary objects, paintings, coffins, fragments

–1995 R.H. Ellsworth, Ltd. (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1995.

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