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西漢 鎏金銅獸鎮|Mat Weight in the form of a Bear and Tiger in Combat

Unknown Artist

ca. 2nd–1st century BCE

西漢 鎏金銅獸鎮|Mat Weight in the form of a Bear and Tiger in Combat by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gilt bronze

Dimensions

H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam.: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

Classification

Metalwork

Culture & Period

China · Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1918

Accession Number

18.39

Tags

Bears

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