Box in shape of duck

Published/Created:

China, Hubei Province: Suizhou, Leigudun (Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng): Tomb 1, western chamber, W.C.2:1 (archaeological site)
ca. 433 BCE

Physical Description:

L: 20.1 cm, W: 12.5 cm, H: 16.5 cm
lacquered wood

Notes:

Discovered in 1977.

Topics:

Lacquer -- China -- Zhou dynasty, ca. 1100-256 BCE -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Eastern Zhou, 770-256 BCE
Warring States period, ca. 470-221 BCE

Accession Number:

chinese-0055

Genre:

containers: boxes (AAT)
funerary objects (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment & Instruments

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Soko Itsu-bo, 1992, p. 080
曽侯 乙墓, 1992

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection, Asian Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 248749

OID:

518803

PID:

digcoll:2122031