Chariot canopy shaft fitting (bini 俾倪)
Chariot canopy shaft fitting (bini 俾倪)
Chariot canopy shaft fitting (bini 俾倪)
Chariot canopy shaft fitting (bini 俾倪)

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Chariot canopy shaft fitting (bini 俾倪)

Chinese
Western Han dynasty, 206 BCE–9 CE
2002-384

Information

Title
Chariot canopy shaft fitting (bini 俾倪)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
h. 25.0 cm., diam. 2.6 cm. (9 13/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2002-384
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Western Han
Type
canopies (structural elements), chariots (ancient vehicles), shafts (column components)
Materials
bronze
Subject
birds, rabbits, figures (representations), deer, pigs, monkeys, hunting, dragons, horses, equestrians

–2002 J. J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2002.

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