Linchpin
84-21-7B
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 84-21-7B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Zhou Dynasty |
| Date Made | Zhou Dynasty |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Copper Alloy | Bronze |
| Technique | Cast |
| Iconography | Leopard | Cowrie |
| Description | Bronze axle cap and lynchpin. Tapered axle cap decorated with two cowrie shell bands and a single raised band with scrolls. Lynchpin is long and rectangular with crouching leopard terminal. Incised spots and other details on leapard. Other end of lynchpin with hole. Green patina. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bull, 1984 |
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