The Kill
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 Mr. and Mrs. Harold T. Clark in memory of Flora L. Terry
Accession Number
1957.139
About this artwork
The inside of this shell preserves the earliest, extant figure paintings in Chinese history.