Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tiger

China

Date

6th-5th century BCE

Medium

Bronze

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This tiger with socket clearly served as the base for an upright support of some sort. Treatment of certain details like the rope patterns around the eyes, on the socket and eyebrows, and fetlocks and the granulation pattern on the ears indicate a date around 500 B.C.E. China, Asia

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