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Model of a Counterweight (Quan or Huanzhen)

A work made of glazed buff stoneware with incised and impressed decoration.
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  • A work made of glazed buff stoneware with incised and impressed decoration.

Date:

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), 4th/3rd century B.C.

Artist:

China

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 132

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

Model of a Counterweight (Quan or Huanzhen)

Place

China (Artist's nationality)

Date

400 BCE–201 BCE

Medium

Glazed buff stoneware with incised and impressed decoration

Dimensions

7.5 × 9.5 cm (3 × 3 3/4 in.); Diam.: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Russell Tyson Fund

Reference Number

1986.1429

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