The Hunt
Unknown Artist
300–100 BCE
Medium
Painted clamshell
Dimensions
7.5 × 9 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Homer H. Tielke Jr., in honor of the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Homer H. Tielke Sr.
Accession Number
1957.141
About this artwork
The inside of this shell preserves the earliest, extant figure paintings in Chinese history.