Room 10 | China 3000 BC-AD 800 gallery
Discover over 3000 years of Chinese history and culture through surviving artefacts, objects and texts.
Galleries : 277 objects
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Chariot linch pin in the form of a rhinoceros head
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Details
- Associated place
- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
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with mount 13.4 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)
without mount 11.7 x 6.1 x 4.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)
310.4 g (weight)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
- Technique index
- Object type index
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transport/carrier › vehicle › axle,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.884
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Further reading
Watson, William, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Arts of the East (London: Faber and Faber, 1962), pl.796
London: Royal Academy of Arts, November 1935-March 1936, The Chinese Exhibition: A Commemorative Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art (London: Faber and Faber, 1936), cat. 189, pl. 1
Loveday, Helen, Chinese Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum: An Illustrated Handbook to the Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1990), p. 28, illus. p. 26 pl. 9
Location
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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