showing 1 results matching medium:"Bronze with wavy bands and animal head lynch pin"

Looking for medina, metius, media, medic?

This cap is unusual in that it still has the linch pins. The closed end of the cap, set off from the pin end by a triple band in rounded relief, is decorated with a broad wavy band enclosing, in the inner loop, a figure reminiscent of a cicada. In the outer loop of the wave is a scale-like motif. The top of the linch-pin is formed of an animal's head with spiral horns curving inward. They are executed in heavy, thread-like relief. The ears are formed of a large spiral and the snout is blunt and heavy. Patina grey-green.

Wheel-axle Cap, one of a pair, 570-476 BCE

China

Not on View

showing 1 results matching medium:"Bronze with wavy bands and animal head lynch pin"

Download results as CSV