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A low bed, small table, and screen were often the only furnishings in a Han-dynasty room. The floors were generally covered with mats kept in place with weights in the shape of single animals, fighting beasts, or entertainers. Comparable deer-shaped weights excavated in north China are inlaid with marine shells, suggesting that the back of this was once similarly filled.
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漢 青銅鹿形席鎮
Title: Mat Weight in the Shape of a Doe
Period: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
Date: 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Culture: China
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); D. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John Marriott, Mrs. John Barry Ryan, Gilbert W. Kahn, Roger Wolfe Kahn (children of Addie W. Kahn), 1949
Object Number: 49.136.3
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