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Crossbow Support

300–200 BCE
(475–221 BCE)
bronze inlaid with silver
Overall: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1947.3
Location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
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Description

Here, the rectangular socket of the bow-support tapers elegantly to form the slender neck of an animal head. Silver inlay of wires and ribbons form an extraordinarily beautiful abstract design consisting of sweeping lines, coils, spirals, and serpentine interlaces.
Crossbow Support

Crossbow Support

300–200 BCE

China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)

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