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View full screenOracle bone of turtle plastron or ox scapula, with incised script recording divination: China, Henan Province, near Anyang, Yinxu, late Shang dynasty, c. 1250 - 1050 BC
A.1909.384.257
Yinxu, Henan Province, China, East Asia
c. 1250 BC - 1050 BC
Yin Shang (Anyang Period), Shang Dynasty, Chinese
Yinxu, Henan Province, China, East Asia
Couling-Chalfant Collection
Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
National Museum of Scotland
Qi Wenxin, Sarah Allan and Li Xueqin, Oracle Bone Collections in Great Britain (Chinese title: Yingguo suocang jiagu ji 英國所藏甲骨集), Zhonghua Shuju, Beijing, 1985 (Part I, 2 volumes) and 1991 (Part II, 2 volumes)