漢 銅鎏金神獸鎮|Weight in the Shape of a Chimera (bixie)
Object type: Mat weight
Department: Asian Art
Culture: China
Period: Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220)
Date: 2nd century B. C.
Medium: Bronze with gilding and gold and turquoise inlays
Dimensions: H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diam. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: Purchase, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Bequest; Gifts of Robert E. Tod, Mrs. Donald V. Lowe, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, William B. Osgood Field, and Margaret and Raymond J. Horowitz, by exchange, 2019
Accession year: 2019