Cleveland Museum of Art

The Kill

Unknown artist

300–100 BCE

Type: Painting
Medium: Painted clamshell
Dimensions: Overall: 7.5 x 9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Culture: China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE) to Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark in memory of Flora L. Terry

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