Belt plaque with horse and tiger combat designs
Belt plaque with horse and tiger combat designs

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Belt plaque with horse and tiger combat designs,

3rd– 2nd centuries BCE

Northern Chinese
Late Bronze Age
y1952-32

Information

Title
Belt plaque with horse and tiger combat designs
Dates

3rd– 2nd centuries BCE

Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
h. 7.3 cm., w. 11.2 cm., d. 1.0 cm. (2 7/8 x 4 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1952-32
Place Made

Asia, China, North China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Chinese prehistoric periods
Type
plaques
Materials
bronze
Techniques
gilding
Subject
horses, tigers

North China; [Mathias Komor (1909–1984), New York]; J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900 (1895–1968) by 1952; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1952.

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