Terminal chock from a chariot

Chariot (?) fitting and wooden stand. A terminal chock. Deep socket; one rivet hole visible. All but the under and bearing surfaces decorated with designs inlaid with gold and silver foils somewhat obscured by patination and accretions due to burial.

Historical period(s)
Warring States period, Eastern Zhou dynasty, 5th-4th century BCE
Medium
Bronze with gold and silver inlay
Dimensions
H x W x D: 25.6 x 4.3 x 7.7 cm (10 1/16 x 1 11/16 x 3 1/16 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1932.16a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Metalwork, Tool and Equipment
Type

Terminal chock from a chariot

Keywords
China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE), Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Provenance

1932
Yamanaka and Company, Boston 1932 [1]

From 1932
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, Boston in 1932 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Yamanaka and Co. 1917-1965

Description

Chariot (?) fitting and wooden stand. A terminal chock. Deep socket; one rivet hole visible. All but the under and bearing surfaces decorated with designs inlaid with gold and silver foils somewhat obscured by patination and accretions due to burial.

Published References
  • Sueji Umehara. Rakuyo kinson kobo shuei [Objects from the Ancient Tombs at Chin Ts'un, Lo-yang]. Kyoto. pl. 56.
  • Sueji Umehara. Shina kodo seikwa [Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Europe and Asia]. 3 vols., Osaka. vol. 1: pl. 45.
  • Thomas Lawton. Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Continuity, 480-222 B.C. Washington, 1982-1983. cat. 26, p. 65.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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