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Petrified tortoise shell with oracle bone inscriptions, possibly Shang Dynasty, China, c1400 BC. Artist: Unknown

Petrified tortoise shell with oracle bone inscriptions, possibly Shang Dynasty, China, c1400 BC. A small petrified tortoise shell of pale buff colour. The base is inscribed all over with ancient oracle bone seal characters.

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Title: Petrified tortoise shell with oracle bone inscriptions, possibly Shang Dynasty, China, c1400 BC. Artist: Unknown

Caption: Petrified tortoise shell with oracle bone inscriptions, possibly Shang Dynasty, China, c1400 BC. A small petrified tortoise shell of pale buff colour. The base is inscribed all over with ancient oracle bone seal characters.

Credit: Album / The Museum of East Asian Art / Heritage Images

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Image size: 2191 × 2903 px | 18.2 MB

Print size: 18.6 × 24.6 cm | 862.6 × 1142.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 14TH CENTURY BC • 15TH BCE • 15TH CENTURY B. C • 15TH CENTURY B. C. • 15TH CENTURY BC • ANIMAL • ART • ARTEFACT • ARTIFACT • ARTS • ASIA • ASIAN • CENTURY • CHINA • CHINESE • COLOR • COLOUR • CONTINENT • COUNTRY • DYNASTY • FIFTEENTH CENTURY B. C. • FIFTEENTH CENTURY BEFORE CHRIST • FLUSH • LOCATION • MUSEUM OF EAST ASIAN ART • OBJECT • OBJECTS • ORIENTAL • PETRIFIED • REPTIL • REPTILE • REPTILES • SHANG DYNASTY • SHANG DYNASTY, CHINA • TORTOISE • TORTOISESHELL • UMBRELLA