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Turtle-shaped ornament by Chen Kai Chi, Charles Lang Freer, Xiaoxi You — VisualArtsDB

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Jewelry and ornament
Turtle-shaped ornament

Turtle-shaped ornament

Turtle-shaped ornament

Chen Kai Chi Charles Lang Freer Xiaoxi You

200

Medium: Bronze with shell and gilding
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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Chinese ArtsculptureArtbronzeTortoiseCharles Lang Freer collectionMetal-workgilding

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Reportedly excavated in Shansi [1]

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