The Kill

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark in memory of Flora L. Terry

Museum

The Kill

300–100 BCE

Medium: Painted clamshell
Dimensions: Overall: 7.5 x 9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: China - Zhou Dynasty
Origin: China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE) to Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark in memory of Flora L. Terry

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Provenance

Public

Provenance event

Samuel Hubert Minkenhof [1879–1956], Amsterdam, Netherlands, and New York, NY

?–1957

(C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], Paris, France, and New York, NY, purchased with funds from Harold T. [...

1957–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Samuel Hubert Minkenhof [1879–1956], Amsterdam, Netherlands, and New York, NY (C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], Paris, France, and New York, NY, purchased with funds from Harold T. [1882–1965] and Marie Odenkirk Clark [1896–1971] for gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public

1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting

China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail

The Arts of the Han Dynasty

Source exhibition text

1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959). The Arts of the Han Dynasty. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 7-March 26, 1961). Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982). China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023). Chinese Painting. Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY (May 22-June 10, 1940).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

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

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 4 structured exhibitions.

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