Corner Bracket or Table Support in Animal Form
CultureChinese
Date2nd century B.C.E.
MediumGilt bronze
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/4 × 5 1/4 inches (12.07 × 13.34 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-556
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionTable leg or bracket with a motif of two lions meeting in the corner, with a common head. Red gilding and green patina.ProvenanceWith Dr. Otto Burchard, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by 1932 [1];
Purchased from Burchard, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] Letter from Laurence Sickman to Langdon Warner, November 1, 1932, Harvard University Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, HUG4872.1010, box 12, folder 20, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial file.
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