Ring-Shaped Object
1100-256 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Asian Art
This elaborately inlaid decorative ring most likely adorned the rim of a lacquered vessel. The core materials of the vessel, probably wood, fabric, or woven basketry, are all highly perishable, and the vessel would have disintegrated over the centuries, leaving only the surviving ring.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Accessory
- Formatted Medium
- Bronze, inlaid with silver
- Locations
- Place made: China
- Dynasty
- Zhou Dynasty
- Period
- Zhou Dynasty
- Dimensions
- 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 77.54.2a-b
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, the Guennol Collection
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
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