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Asian Art
Pair of Belt plaques with Confronted Bovines
3rd–1st century B.C.E.
Bronze
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)
2 3/8 × 4 7/16 × 1/4 in. (6 × 11.2 × 0.6 cm)
Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow
2010.205.13a-b
Geography:
Mongolia, China
Culture:
China, Mongolia
Period:
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–221 B.C.E.), Warring States period (47
Classification:
Apparel/Costume
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.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.