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Bronze fitting with silver inlays
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Bronze fitting with silver inlays
Bronze fitting with silver inlays
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252
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Bronze fitting with silver inlays, probably a chariot axle capWarring States (4th-3rd century BC)
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Bronze fitting with silver inlays
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BATEA : 240
Simple name
fitting
Classified name
metal; inlaid; bronze; chariot; axle cap; Warring States; fitting; floral; tomb; burial; China; transport;
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A fitting circular in cross-section with three raised rings and a slightly domed top with a hole in it. The top carries a silver inlay in the form of four broad pointed petals, the same motif of silver inlay appears around the shaft, alternating in upward and downward direction and enclosed within diagonal frames.
Description material
bronze & silver
Description condition
fair, but some of the inlays on the raised rings are missing
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grey and silver
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7.5cm
Description diameter
5.4cm
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Case 2-8
Production date
4=3 century BC
Production period
Warring States
Production place
China
Production notes
Small vertical threads of silver inlay around the raised rings as here are found on a number of Warring States inlaid bronzes, including similar chariot fittings.
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