Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1250 - ca. 1050 BCE
label: Period
content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
notes: label: Provenance
content: From 1936 to 1991
label: Provenance
content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), Las Vegas, Nevada, purchased in Xiaotun, Anyang, Honan province, China. [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1991
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1. See also the "List of Objects Offered to the Freer Gallery of Art" and Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, Collections Management Office.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Collection
content: Freer Study Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)
place: label: Origin
content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China
topic: label: Topic
content: bone
label: Topic
content: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
label: Topic
content: Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: FSC-O-35
objectType: label: Type
content: Unclassified
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bone
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1.9 × 2.2 × 0.7 cm (3/4 × 7/8 × 1/4 in)