:::
Inscribed Animal Bone Chia 2422
Inscribed Animal Bone Chia 2422
Inscribed Animal Bone Chia 2422
Inscribed Animal Bone Chia 2422
Inscribed Animal Bone Chia 2422
Inscribed Animal Bone Chia 2422
1  /  3
:::

Inscribed Animal Bone Chia 2422

These practice inscriptions include several animal paintings of a horse, a tiger, and a pregnant elephant. 
Item No.
R034576
Period
Late Shang Period
Dimensions
19.5(L)×8.6(W) cm
Excavated/Findspot
Pit 3:H01, Hsiao-t'un, Anyang County, Honan Province
Materials
Animal Bone
Notes
(Only its rubbing image is displayed in the The King’s Menagerie: Animals in Oracle Bone Inscriptions exhibition venue)

These are inscriptions in practice of writing and drawing. There is a calf in the abdomen of the elephant, together with images of animals such as a tiger.

More collection items