Peking Opera Character

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1750

  • Titles Peking Opera Character (Proper)
  • Artist China
  • Medium ivory
  • Dimensions 10 × 2 × 1 1/4 in. (25.4 × 5.1 × 3.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.599.1998
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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One print from a triptych.