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Sep 21, 2012
Sep 21, 2012
Crossbow Support
Crossbow Support
300–200 BC
China, Late Warring States period
(475-221 BC)
Bronze inlaid with silver
Overall: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1947.3
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Description
Here, the rectangular socket of the bow-support tapers elegantly to form the slender neck of an animal head. Silver inlay of wires and ribbons form an extraordinarily beautiful abstract design consisting of sweeping lines, coils, spirals, and serpentine interlaces.
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