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Parcel gilt bronze chamfron with dragons
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Parcel gilt bronze chamfron with dragons
Parcel gilt bronze chamfron with dragons
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Parcel gilt bronze chamfron with dragons, tortoise and peacockWestern Han dynasty (2nd century BC)
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Parcel gilt bronze chamfron with dragons
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BATEA : 248
Simple name
fitting
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metal; gilt; bronze; Han; fitting; animal; bird; dragon; tortoise; peacock; chamfron; China; horse;
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A parcel-gilt bronze chamfron applique, one end pointed, the lower end rounded, decorated with two spindly intertwined dragons above a small tortoise at the rounded end, and at the pointed end a peacock standing with tail displayed, separated by brackets, the reverse with two pair of loops for attachment. The whole is a chamfron mount for leather or horse armour worn on the head and along the bridge of the horse's nose.
Description material
bronze & gold
Description condition
good
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16.5 cm
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3.7 cm at widest point
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Gallery 1, G6
Production date
2 century BC
Production period
Western Han
Production place
China
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A similarly shaped parcel-gilt bronze piece with related decoration has been found in situ on a horse skeleton from a Western Han tomb in northern China.
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