Object Title
Crown
Measurements
11 7/16 in. (29 cm)
Creation Date
907-1125
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Bessie Timon Endowment Fund
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Lynley J. McAlpine, PhD <Lynley.McAlpine@samuseum.org>
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/23486
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
907 CE (end of Tang Dynasty)
Provenance Information
a Japanese collection; acquired in Hong Kong from B. K. Wong by Kaikodo, 1993; purchased by the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2021.
Exhibition Information
N/a
Publication Information
Published in Kaikodo Journal III (Spring 1997), no. 49.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This object was in a Japanese collection and then acquired by Kaikodo in Hong Kong, 1993. This object was published in Kaikodo Journal III (Spring, 1997), no.49. This crown expands SAMA’s important collection of works from the Liao dynasty (907-1125).