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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Praying mantis and cicada garment hook
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Praying mantis and cicada garment hook

Datemid 10th-late 13th century
Maker Chinese
Object number37.111
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009) New York, New York, Chinese Art Society of America, 1948 (1948)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions3 1/4 x 5/8 x 1/2 in. (8.26 x 1.59 x 1.27 cm)
MediumNephrite
Praying mantis and cicada garment hook
Praying mantis and cicada garment hook
Chinese
mid 10th - late 13th century
Object number: 33.1288
Image Not Available for Cabbage with Praying Mantis on Upper Leaves
Cabbage with Praying Mantis on Upper Leaves
Chinese
mid 18th-late 18th Century
Object number: 35.579
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Praying mantis on a vine
Chinese
19th century
Object number: 33.1389
Image Not Available for Belt Buckle: cicada on body, tortoise head hook
Belt Buckle: cicada on body, tortoise head hook
Chinese
18th -19th century
Object number: 33.65
Garment hook
Garment hook
Chinese
second half 19th century
Object number: 33.1290
Garment Hook
Garment Hook
Chinese
late 13th-15th century
Object number: 37.107
Garment Hook
Garment Hook
Chinese
13th century - 15th century
Object number: 37.108
Image Not Available for Garment hook
Garment hook
Chinese
18th century-19th century
Object number: 37.110
Snuff bottle, bean vine with praying mantis
Snuff bottle, bean vine with praying mantis
Chinese
Object number: 33.928
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Tsuba: Praying Mantis and Wheel
late 17th-early 18th century
Object number: 65.48
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Cicada amulet
Chinese
12th century - 10th century BCE
Object number: 39.18
Cicada
Cicada
Chinese
mid 11th-late 3rd century B.C.
Object number: 39.19