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Silver inlaid bronze circular axle capLate
Silver inlaid bronze circular axle capLate
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1343
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Silver inlaid bronze circular axle capLate Warring States to early Western Han period (4th to 2nd century BC)
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Silver inlaid bronze circular axle capLate
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BATEA : 1340
Simple name
axle cap
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bronze; Warring States; fitting; animal; Han; handling; silver; inlay; China; axle; transport; chariot; Chu; tomb; burial; cicada; insect; BC;
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A silver inlaid bronze circular axle cap decorated on the top with thunder-pattern inlays surrounded by stylised birds, and interlinked stylised animals on the sides. There is also a thin border inlay of confronted cicadas.
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bronze
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fair;The object was conserved by Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in 2015
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3cm high
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4cm diameter
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4th-2nd century BC
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Warring States-Western Han
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