Shallow Basin Supported by a Bird (Bian)
early 400s BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Shallow Basin Supported by a Bird (Bian), early 400s BC. China, Warring States period (475-221 BC). Bronze inlaid with powdered malachite and azurite ; overall: 23.3 cm (9 3/16 in.); diameter of base: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1991.8
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze inlaid with powdered malachite and azurite
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.3 cm (9 3/16 in.); Diameter of base: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1991.8
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Notable Acquisitions, Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions, CMA 1994 Asian Autumn: "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions," cat., Bull., vol. 81, no. 8 (October 1994) cat. no. 13, p. 346, pp. 292-296, repr. p. 292
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241A Arts of Ancient China
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