Cranes and Serpents

Title	Cranes and Serpents
Date	475–221 BCE
Medium	lacquered wood with polychromy
Classification	Sculpture
Origin	China, reportedly from Hunan province, Changsha, Warring States period (475–221 BCE), State of Chu (c. 1046–223 BCE)

Themes: Historical scientific diagrams

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“Cranes and Serpents” is a work of unattributed authorship, dated 475–221 BCE. It is executed in lacquered wood with polychromy and classified as sculpture. In this archive it sits within the historical scientific diagrams tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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