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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Circular Weight
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Circular Weight

Artist Unknown Chinese Artist
DateHan dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
Made/manufacturedChina, Asia
MediumGilt bronze
Dimensionsdiameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase, gift of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Cofrin
Object number1996.25
Collections
DescriptionSolid bronze; cast in the shape of a bear and a tiger locked in combat; the bear is caught with open eyes and mouth; the tiger bites the bear's back with a ferocious demeanor; engraved details.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Unknown Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644 -1911)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Georg Dionysius Ehret
1768
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Unknown Chinese Artist
late 18th-early 19th century
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Unknown Chinese Artist
Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 9 A.D.)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Louis Comfort Tiffany
c. 1920
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Edward S. Curtis
1907