Bronze spotted dog-like animalTang dynasty

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277

Title

Bronze spotted dog-like animalTang dynasty (618-906) or earlier

Short title

Bronze spotted dog-like animalTang dynasty

Record number

BATEA : 268

Simple name

animal

Classified name

metal; bronze; animal; Tang; dog; China; spotted;

Description

Description part summary

Bronze spotted dog-like animal, the head resting on one paw and slightly turned to the left, the eyes well defined under beetling brows, the back legs, one under the body, the other to one side with the tail looped over it. The paws are well defined, and the curving backbone knobbily with clusters of fine incised hairs on each side of the spine. The body is decorated with groups of three incised round dots. Such fine incised hairs are found on some Han and Six Dynasties jades and it is possible this bronze is somewhat earlier than Tang. Its relaxed but strong sculptured posture can, however, also be compared to some Tang animal sculptures.

Description material

bronze

Description condition

goodThe object was conserved by Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in 2014-2015

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	brown
decoration

Description length

6.9 cm

Description height

1.6 cm

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