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This linchpin once secured a wheel to a chariot’s axle. What better ornament for a war chariot than an image of a ferocious beast?
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商至西周 虎形青銅車轄
Title: Chariot linchpin with a tiger head
Period: Shang (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)–Western Zhou (1046–771 BCE) dynasty
Date: 11th–10th century BCE
Culture: China
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); D. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985
Accession Number: 1985.214.35
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