# The Hunt

- Date: 300–100 BCE
- Medium: Painted clamshell
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 7.5 x 9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
- Culture: China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE) to Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)
- Credit line: Gift of Homer H. Tielke Jr., in honor of the fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Homer H. Tielke Sr.
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.141)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1957.141/1957.141_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The inside of this shell preserves the earliest, extant figure paintings in Chinese history.