Cleveland Museum of Art
Shaft Mounting
- Date
- 500–300 BCE
- Medium
- bronze inlaid with gold and silver
- Culture
- China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This small circular finial is treated with whorls, angles, and horn- or beak-like parts that suggest either oxen or birds.
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