Ornament in the shape of a tiger with cub and man

8th–7th century BCE

Chinese

Nephrite

1 3/4 x 1/8 in. (4.45 x 0.32 cm)

L.: 2 3/8 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

54.50

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, University Museum, and Cleveland Museum, Cleveland Ohio, "Chinese Jade", 1962 - 1963 (1962 - 1963)

New York, New York, China Institute in America, Inc., "The Dragon In Chinese Art", 1972 (1972)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

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