Fragment van een paardenbit

anonymous, -1100 - -0800

Sidepiece of a horse's bit portraying a bird's head. China. Western Zhou period (1050 - 771 BC). Bronze.

  • Artwork typefragment, bit
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1323
  • Dimensionsdiameter 10.3 cm x depth 1.3 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Fragment van een paardenbit

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1323

  • Description

    Paardenbit in de vorm van een gestileerde vogel.


Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, China

  • Dating

    -1100 - -0800

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    diameter 10.3 cm x depth 1.3 cm


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Baronesse H.M. van Heeckeren van Waliën-Tetrode, 1981)

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; from Baronesse H.M. van Heeckeren van Waliën-Tetrode, Amstelveen, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1981;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1981


Documentation

  • Jessica Rawson, Ancient China : art and archaeology, New York 1980, p. 102, pl. 75.


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