Finial (possibly from a ladle handle)

Unidentified Zhou Dynasty maker, Chinese, about 1046–256 BCE

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Zhou Dynasty, 1050-256 BCE

Bronze

Overall: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H, through Friends of the Dartmouth Library

M.964.11

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Decorative Object

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Course History

CHIN 52, Readings in Classical Chinese: Daoist Philosophical Texts, Sarah Allan, Spring 2015

Provenance

Evelyn Annenberg Friede Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) and William B. Jaffe (1904-1972), New York; given to present collection, 1964.

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