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Garment ornament: butterfly by Charles Lang Freer, Yamanaka and Co. — VisualArtsDB

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Jewelry and ornament
Garment ornament: butterfly

Garment ornament: butterfly

Garment ornament: butterfly

Charles Lang Freer Yamanaka and Co.

1100

Medium: Gilt bronze
Genre: Jewelry and ornament
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Jewelry and Ornament

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insectsanimalsGoryeo period (918 - 1392)ArtbronzeCharles Lang Freer collectiongildingKorean Art

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Reportedly excavated at Gaeseong, Hwanghaebuk-do province, Korea [1]

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