Aniquated Garment Hook with Parent and Child Qilin

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1700

  • Titles Aniquated Garment Hook with Parent and Child Qilin (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium nephrite
  • Dimensions 1 x 4 1/2 x 1 in. (2.5 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Jeannette Adrey and Tristan Adrey, AFI.236.2013
  • Work Type garment hook
  • Classification Costume

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