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Crossbow Support
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About this work
Here, the rectangular socket of the bow support tapers elegantly to form the slender neck of an animal head. Silver inlay of wires and ribbons form an extraordinarily beautiful abstract design consisting of sweeping lines, coils, spirals, and serpentine interlaces.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCrossbow Support, 300–200 BCE. China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Bronze inlaid with silver; overall: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1947.3
