Openwork roundel with entwined dragons
Openwork roundel with entwined dragons
Openwork roundel with entwined dragons
Openwork roundel with entwined dragons

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Openwork roundel with entwined dragons,

5th century BCE

Chinese
Eastern Zhou dynasty, 770–256 BCE | Warring States period, ca. 470–221 BCE
1999-176

Information

Title
Openwork roundel with entwined dragons
Dates

5th century BCE

Medium
Bronze with traces of gilding
Dimensions
diam. 6.7 cm. (2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
1999-176
Place Made

Asia, China, State of Jin, Shanxi Province

Culture
Chinese
Period
Warring States
Type
openwork, roundels
Materials
bronze
Techniques
gilding
Subject
dragons

–1999 J. J. Lally & Co. (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1999.

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