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The Hunt

300–100 BCE
(206 BCE–8 CE)
Painted clamshell
Overall: 7.5 x 9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Gift of Homer H. Tielke, Jr., in honor of the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Homer H. Tielke, Sr. 1957.141
Location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
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A four-horse chariot and a two-horse chariot are both depicted in this hunting scene.

Description

The inside of this shell preserves the earliest, extant figure paintings in Chinese history.
The Hunt

The Hunt

300–100 BCE

China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE) to Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)

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