19th century
2.2 x 8.1 cm (7/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM
Pale greenish white nephrite with traces of gold on the drapery and red pigment on hair; brass base
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18th-19th centuryChineseHardstone, perhaps altered neprhite; with inscription on the underside in archaic-style characters
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18th-19th centuryChinese