The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Weight in the Shape of a Feline

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Program Information

Brushed with Passion

Program information

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

Video/Audio (3)

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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Discussion

Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Discussion
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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance

Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance
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Weight in the Shape of a Feline

Period:: Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.– A.D. 9)
Date:: 2nd–1st century B.C.
Culture:: China
Medium:: Bronze inlaid with gold and silver
Dimensions:: Gr. W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Purchase, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 1992
Accession Number:: 1992.307

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 207

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