About the Artwork
Crossbow Fitting
between 475 BCE and 9 CE
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Chinese
Chinese
Bronze with gold and silver inlay
Overall: 1 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 2 1/8 inches (4.4 × 3.2 × 5.4 cm)
Metalwork
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Fisher by exchange
1995.52
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Tsu Po Antique Company, Central, Hong Kong)
1995-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chinese, Crossbow Fitting, between 475 BCE and 9 CE, bronze with gold and silver inlay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Fisher by exchange, 1995.52.
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