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Scabbard Chape

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts an object titled "Scabbard Chape". The object is black with swirls and bands of darker and lighter grey. The object is shiny and appears to have a smooth surface. It is roughly trapezoidal in shape, with straight sides that taper slightly inward as they approach the top edge. The top edge is straight and smooth. The background is plain light grey.

Artwork details

Date:
4th–2nd century BCE
Medium:
Agate
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 412 px
Museum record:
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