1943.53.116: Support, Perhaps for a Lamp, in the Form of a Standing Official Grasping Two Open Cylinders
Lighting Devices
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.53.116
- Title
- Support, Perhaps for a Lamp, in the Form of a Standing Official Grasping Two Open Cylinders
- Classification
- Lighting Devices
- Work Type
- lighting device
- Date
- 4th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203784
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze, the eyes inlaid with silver; the originally hollow base filled in with lead
- Dimensions
- H. 20 x W. 9.7 x D. 12.8 cm (7 7/8 x 3 13/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.53.116
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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