figurine
481-221 B.C.
Country
China
Object
figurine
Accession Number
1954.33.2A
Credit Line
Charles Bayly, Jr. Collection, by exchange
figurine. 481-221 B.C.. Charles Bayly, Jr. Collection, by exchange. 1954.33.2A.
Dimensions
height: 3 in, 7.6200 cm; width: 3 3/4 in, 9.5250 cm; depth: 1 5/8 in, 4.1275 cm
Department
Arts of Asia
Collection
Arts of Asia
This object is currently on view
Yoke Ornaments
400s–300s BCE
Northwest China or southwest Inner Mongolia
Bronze
Charles Bayly Jr. Collection by exchange
1954.33.2A
This bronze ornament is one of a pair in the Denver Art Museum's collection of alert-looking seated deer used as chariot yoke ornaments. They are stylistically similar to objects found in Taohongbala culture sites in today’s middle Inner Mongolia. The Taohongbala had a pastoral economy and engaged in extensive exchanges with their neighbors.
