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Crossbow Support
300-200 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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Details
- Title: Crossbow Support
- Date Created: 300-200 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1947-present
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.3
- Medium: bronze inlaid with silver
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Late Warring States period (475-221 BC)
- Credit Line: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Collection: China - Zhou Dynasty
- Accession Number: 1947.3
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