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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Long Sword
9767 BCE
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.87
ceremonial bronze ge dagger-axe, with pointed blade on one end and zoomorphic tang of stylized bird motif on the other.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)
8700 BCE
Gift in memory of John Carnig Husisian
1996/2.19
A ritual object for use in royal and religious cermonies, this bronze is cast by the lost wax process in the shape of a conch, with an intricately decorated surface. The tripod stand, which may not be of the same date, is has three coiling serpentine legs that end in stylized naga (serpent) heads with cobra-like fans.
Khmer (Khmer (general))
Ritual Conch with Stand
1100 – 1299
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
2003/1.387A&B
square ding (ting) tripod with four legs, the body as well as the upper portion of the four legs is decorated with "t'ao-t'ieh" zoomorphic design. One of the leg was recast after the rest of the body has been completed, thus had a less refined craftmanship and joint line at its base. The double loop handles are also decorated with zoomorphic design. A group of three inscription is cast on the upper portion of the interior wall, which reads as Fu (father) Ji (day name), followed by an symbolic representation of a chariot, possibly a clan emblem. The interior is plain, the animal bone remains attached to the bottom and variations in patina patterns with a line running through the middle indicates that the vessel was once filled with cooked meat offerings, presumably in a Shang elite burial in late second millennium B.C.E.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Fang ding (“square tripod” cooking vessel) with taotie mask and gui dragon design
8800 BCE
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.82
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