Period:Eastern Zhou dynasty Production date:8thC BC-7thC BC (circa)
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Subjects:animal dragon monster
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.90 centimetres Height: 28.60 centimetres Weight: 5 kilograms Width: 22.60 centimetres
Description:
Bronze door or furniture hinge decorated with a half-human figure surrounded by dragon-like creatures.
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![图片[1]-hinge BM-1946-1111.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00164962_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-hinge BM-1946-1111.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00281822_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-hinge BM-1946-1111.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Eastern Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00760467_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1987:Effectively a hinge, this bronze fitted over one of the lower corners of a door, the projecting circular stub turning in a socket. It may have been part of a piece of furniture or of a building. Decoration of a half-human figure surrounded by dragons can be paralleled on jades of the same period.Early Eastern Zhou bronze fittings from buildings and furniture have come from several parts of China. Many angular bronze architectural ornaments were excavated from pits at Fengxiang Xian in Shaanxi province. Like other bronzes from this western area. at the same time part of the state of Qin, the bronze sections carry large, slightly rough dragon interlace. Very similar fittings are in the Art Institute of Chicago. Others have come from the southern provinces of Jiangsu and Hubei.
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Subjects:animal dragon monster
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.90 centimetres Height: 28.60 centimetres Weight: 5 kilograms Width: 22.60 centimetres
Description:
Bronze door or furniture hinge decorated with a half-human figure surrounded by dragon-like creatures.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1987:Effectively a hinge, this bronze fitted over one of the lower corners of a door, the projecting circular stub turning in a socket. It may have been part of a piece of furniture or of a building. Decoration of a half-human figure surrounded by dragons can be paralleled on jades of the same period.Early Eastern Zhou bronze fittings from buildings and furniture have come from several parts of China. Many angular bronze architectural ornaments were excavated from pits at Fengxiang Xian in Shaanxi province. Like other bronzes from this western area. at the same time part of the state of Qin, the bronze sections carry large, slightly rough dragon interlace. Very similar fittings are in the Art Institute of Chicago. Others have come from the southern provinces of Jiangsu and Hubei.
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