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The Kill
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The Kill

300–100 BCE · Painted clamshell

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About this work

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

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineThe Kill, 300–100 BCE. China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE) to Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Painted clamshell; overall: 7.5 x 9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark in memory of Flora L. Terry, 1957.139
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