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Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Chariot Handle Bar Cap

475–221 BCE

China, Warring States period

(475–221 BCE)
bronze inlaid with silver
Overall: 9.5 x 7.1 cm (3 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.)
Gift in appreciation of Dr. Sherman E. Lee's contribution to the study of Far Eastern Art by Eskenazi Limited, London 1985.128
Location: 241A Arts of Ancient China

Did You Know?

The cap was partially inlaid with silver to form the pattern of three stylized bird heads radiating from center.
  • ?–1985
    J. E. Eskenazi, London, England, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1985–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71. Reproduced: p. 35; Mentioned: p. 70, no. 195 www.jstor.org
  • Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).
  • {{cite web|title=Chariot Handle Bar Cap|url=false|author=|year=475–221 BCE|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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