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Cosmetic Container

Place of OriginChina
DateFirst century BCE - First century CE (Han Dynasty, 207 BCE - 220 CE)
DimensionsH: 9 3/16in. (23.4 cm); Diam (body): 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
MediumCast bronze with incised and applied decoration
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of The Georgia Welles Apollo Society
Object number
1989.1
Not on View
Published Referencescf. Umehara, Sueji, Shinakodo seikwa, VI, 463-506. cf. Tsung, Hui, Po ku -t' u-lu (1752 edition), ch. 13, 3. cf. Koop, Albert J. Early Chinese Bronzes, New York, 1924, p. 69, repr. pl. 86. cf. Loehr, Max, Ritual Vessels of Bronze Age China, New York, Asia House Gallery, 1968, p. 174, no. 80, repr. p. 175. cf. Deydier, Christian, Chinese Bronzes, New York, 1980, p. 117-18, no. 84, repr.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, A Decade of Giving: The Apollo Society at The Toledo Museum of Art, 1996, p. 7, repr. (col.). Toledo Museum of Art, Inspired Giving: The Apollo Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition, October 15, 2010-February 13, 2011, p. 11, repr. (col.) p. 11.
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