Socketed Finial in the Form of a Bird (One of a Pair)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.52.38.A
Title: Socketed Finial in the Form of a Bird (One of a Pair)
Classification: Ritual Implements
Work Type: finial
Date: 475 BCE - 221 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
Period: Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204626

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Gilt bronze with crystal inlay
Dimensions: H. 25.1 x W. 8.7 x D. 4.1 cm (9 7/8 x 3 7/16 x 1 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.52.38.A

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Zhixin Jason Sun, Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2017), pp. 104-105, fig. 72

Exhibition History

S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008

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