Sheath with Bird and Feline or Dragon, China

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Through prior gifts of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, Emily Crane Chadbourne, Mary Hooker Dole, Edith B. Farnsworth, Mrs. Mary A. B. MacKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey B. McCormick, Fowler McCormick, Mrs. Gordon Palmer, Grace Brown Palmer, Chester D. Tripp, Russell Tyson, H. R. Warner, Joseph Winterbotham, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ziff. CC0.
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Sheath with Bird and Feline or Dragon, China
Sheath with Bird and Feline or Dragon — ChinaWarring States period to early Western Han dynasty, 3rd/2nd century B.C.

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