Piece of knife money. [El.B 19/08/2011]

Collection type: Object
Description: Piece of knife money. [El.B 19/08/2011]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person: Field collector William Cohn; PRM source William Cohn
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Chou Period Date made: Circa 1122-481 BC
Date collected: By 1952
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1952
Materials and processes: Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Length: max 179 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1952.10.010
Research and responses: The Museum of Eastern Art came into being in 1949 when the Chinese ceramics collection and the Indian collections of the Ashmolean Museum were amalgamated to form the Museum of Eastern Art, which was located in the Indian Institute. In 1962 the collections were moved back to the Ashmolean, and the Museum of Eastern Art ceased to exist, it became the Department of Eastern Art within the Ashmolean. [El.B 22/08/2011]

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