Title: Weight in the shape of a chimera
Object type: Mat weight
Date: 2nd century BCE
Culture: China
Period: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
Medium: Bronze, gilding, 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
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY