300–100 BCE
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
A four-horse chariot and a two-horse chariot are both depicted in this hunting scene.
The inside of this shell preserves the earliest, extant figure paintings in Chinese history.
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