漢 銅鎏金神獸鎮|Weight in the Shape of a Chimera (bixie)
Unknown Artist
2nd century B. C.
Medium
Bronze with gilding and gold and turquoise inlays
Dimensions
H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diam. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification
Metalwork
Culture & Period
China · Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Bequest; Gifts of Robert E. Tod, Mrs. Donald V. Lowe, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, William B. Osgood Field, and Margaret and Raymond J. Horowitz, by exchange, 2019
Accession Number
2019.217