Axle Cap
Object Number:
84-21-6A
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Chinese
Provenience:
China
Period:
Zhou Dynasty
Date Made:
Zhou Dynasty
Early Date:
-1027
Late Date:
-256
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. One end of lynchpin is broken off and missing. Green patina.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bull
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Chinese Bronze and Metal-Working (Rotunda Case Exhibit) ( Jan 1987 - Feb 1988)
The Bull Collection (16 Oct 1997 - 08 Dec 1997)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] 1983. Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 41, left.
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