Pig / Artist Unknown, China
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.112
- Title
- Pig
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Medium and Support
- jade
- Object Creation Date
- 206 BCE - 220 CE
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Agnes S.Chan
- Dimensions
- 3 cm x 12 cm x 2.2 cm (1 3/16 in. x 4 3/4 in. x 7/8 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Hardstone
- Primary Object Type
- jade
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- carving
- Physical Description
- Jade carved horizontally in the shape of a pig.
- Subject Matter
- Although horizontally shaped as a pig, it appears that vertically this jade carving may function as a seal.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- descriptors
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by cultural or intellectual valuation
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- prints
- prints by process or technique
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 64 KB
- Record
- 2009/2.112
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.112/2009_2.112.jpg
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"Pig; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.112/2009_2.112.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.