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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.466
Title
Weight in the Form of Three Winged Felines atop a Conical Mountain
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
weight
Date
206 BCE - 220 CE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202122

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cast bronze
Dimensions
5.7 x 7.1 cm (2 1/4 x 2 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.466
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 78, repr.
  • Hugo Munsterberg, Dragons in Chinese Art, exh. cat., China House Gallery (New York, 1971), p. 25, no. 20

Exhibition History

  • Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967
  • A Bronze Menagerie: Mat Weights of Early China, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 10/04/2006 - 01/14/2007

Verification Level

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