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Plaque: Wild Goat and Deer

Plaque: Wild Goat and Deer

PlaquesEast Asian6th-5th century BCE

Plaque: Wild Goat and Deer

600-400 BCE

Description

This plaque features two recumbent animals--a wild goat and a stag or gazelle--separated by a rectangular panel with a geometric pattern. The relief is shallow and the back of the plaque concave; a strap running across each hollow animal body at back served to attach the plaque to a leather belt. Ornaments with stacked animals reflecting the local fauna appear to have been popular among the non-Chinese peoples living east of the Taihang Mountains (in modern northeastern China). Blackish patina.

Classification

Plaques

Technique

Cast

Medium

leaded bronze

Culture

East Asian

Period

Zhou dynasty, Eastern Zhou period, 770-256 BCE

Century

6th-5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

5.2 x 3 cm (2 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

William D. Vogel (H’30), Milwaukee, WI (by 1930-1980), inherited; by Virginia Booth Vogel, Milwaukee, WI (1980-1998), by descent; to Frederick Vogel III, Milwaukee, WI (1998-2016), gift; to The Harvard Art Museums.

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