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Rootwood Sculpture

1999.13.0009

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Rootwood Sculpture   (1999.13.0009)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Date 18th - 19th century
Culture Chinese

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 17.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 12.6 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 7.0 cm
Weight 288 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved

Research Remarks

Description Under Review
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Hutt, Julia. Understanding Far Eastern Art: A Complete Guide to the Arts of China, Japan and Korea - Ceramics, Sculpture, Painting, Prints, Lacquer, Textiles and Metalwork. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987.

Spurlock Museum of World Cultures. Sculpted Stories: Selected Works from the Fred Freund Collection. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, n.d.

Watt, James C. Y., and Barbara Brennan Ford. East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Fred A. Freund Collection
Reproduction No

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