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Box with lid (<em>lian</em>) by Tonying and Company — VisualArtsDB

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Box with lid (<em>lian</em>)

Box with lid (<em>lian</em>)

Box with lid (<em>lian</em>)

Tonying and Company

100

Medium: Bronze
Genre: Vessel
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)Chinese ArtsculptureArtbronzeMetal-work

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Covered box of the type "lien," to hold toilet articles.

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