Object Number | A1823 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | Chinese Turkestan |
Date Made | Zhou Dynasty - ca. 1900 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Birds |
Description | Bronze pin. Flat diamond shaped center which acts as a body for 3 counterclockwise facing bird heads. Impressed decoration on body. Head on L has large yellow-green glass eye and small bill. The other heads have long bills and have lost eye insets. Attachment for pin (pin missing) on back. Gift of Sir Marc Aurel Stein. |
Length | 3 cm |
Width | 2.3 cm |
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