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A1823

From: Chinese Turkestan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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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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