Money Tree
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Sichuan province, China
General region:Asia
Culture: Chinese
Period: Han dynasty
Dynasty: Han
Date: ca. 206 B.C.-A.D. 220
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of The Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Ester R. Portnow Collection of Asian Art, in honor of Martha Blackwelder
Object number: 2007.12
Provenance: The Rubin-Ladd Foundation Ester R. Portnow Collection of Asian Art, on loan to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2005; The Rubin-Ladd Foundation Ester R. Portnow Collection of Asian Art, by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2007
Label Text
Money trees were a Sichuan specialty. Rising from an earthenware base, the fragile bronze branches are laden with coins, brids, and miraculous creatures. Often the Queen Mother of the West and her jade maidens appear among the auspicious symbols that promise unending prosperity in the next world.
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