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Decorative Libation Cup with Flower and Insect Motifs

Artist/Maker
Date18th century
MediumRhinoceros horn
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 6 1/4 × 4 in. (8.9 × 15.9 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charles F. and Abigail L. Olney
Object number1904.253
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceCharles F. Olney [1831-1903], Cleveland, OH; by inheritance 1903 to Abigail L. Olney [d. 1904], Cleveland, OH; by bequest 1904 to Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; by transfer 1917 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Arts of Nineteenth Century China
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 12, 1973 - February 8, 1973 )
When Words Meet Pictures: East Asian Painting and Sculpture
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 25, 1994 - November 15, 1994 )
An Eclectic Ensemble: The History of the Asian Art Collection at Oberlin
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 27, 1999 - August 30, 2000 )
Chinese and Japanese Art from Antiquity to the Present
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Collections
  • Asian
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