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Mat Weight in the Form of a Bear
202 BCE–9 CE
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The bear imagery was particularly popular during the Han dynasty and was a metaphor of heroic power. This heavy, solid bear was probably used as a mat weight; other small squatting bears often served as the legs of vessels.
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- Title: Mat Weight in the Form of a Bear
- Date Created: 202 BCE–9 CE
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 15.7 x 14.6 x 17.3 cm (6 3/16 x 5 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.)
- Provenance: Adolphe Stoclet [1871–1949], Palais Stoclet, Brussels, Belgium, to his daughter Raymonde Feron-Stoclet, Mme. Raymonde Feron-Stoclet [1897–1963], Brussels, Belgium, to her son Denis Feron, Denis Lucien Émile Feron [1928–2015], Hartford, IL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.203
- Medium: gilt bronze
- Fun Fact: Bear imagery, which symbolized heroic power, was particularly popular during the Han dynasty.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE)
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: China - Han Dynasty
- Accession Number: 1994.203
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