1943.52.40.B: Chariot Lynch Pin in the Form of a Tiger's Head (one of a pair)
Riding Equipment
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.52.40.B
- Title
- Chariot Lynch Pin in the Form of a Tiger's Head (one of a pair)
- Classification
- Riding Equipment
- Work Type
- ornament
- Date
- 10th-9th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204479
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- L. 10.7 × W. 5.6 cm (4 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Yamanaka & Co., New York, 1/28/1941] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1941-1943), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1943
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.52.40.B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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