Vessel leg in the form of a bird
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One of a set of four vessel legs that originally supported a lacquer vessel that has not survived.
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One of a set of four vessel legs that originally supported a lacquer vessel that has not survived.
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戰國 青銅鳥形器足
Title: Vessel leg in the form of a bird
Period: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
Date: 5th–3rd century BCE
Culture: China
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1949
Accession Number: 49.137.5
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