Pair of Belt plaques with Confronted Bovines Maker: Unknown

3rd–1st century B.C.E.

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

2 3/8 × 4 7/16 × 1/4 in. (6 × 11.2 × 0.6 cm)
2 3/8 × 4 7/16 × 1/4 in. (6 × 11.2 × 0.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow

Accession Number

2010.205.13a-b

Geography

Mongolia, China

Culture

China, Mongolia

Period

Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–221 B.C.E.), Warring States period (475–221 B.C.E.)

Classification

Apparel/Costume

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Provenance
With TK Asian Antiquities, Williamsburg, Virginia, by October 2009; sold to The Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn. and New York, October 21, 2009; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2010
This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

belt plaques

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