Footed Dish with Equestrian Hunting Scene
This remarkable bronze presentation dish can be attributed to the Cham territories of Vietnam. It has an elaborately decorated cavetto with three equestrian riders wielding a bow, a lance, and a sword, respectively, while hunting in a forested landscape populated by elephants, buffalo, and lions. It probably served as a presentation dish in a court. No precedent for this object was known until the recent discovery of a second dish, in a hoard excavated in Lam Dong Province, southern Vietnam. Both dishes are likely the products of court workshops associated with a Cham kingdom in the late first millennium.
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Artwork Details
- Title: Footed Dish with Equestrian Hunting Scene
- Date: ca. 8th century
- Culture: Central Vietnam
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Dimensions: H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam. 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 1999
- Object Number: 1999.261
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Vietnam
ca. 7th century
Vietnam (Champa, probably Quang Nam Province)
late 9th–10th century
Indian (Tamil Nadu)
ca. first quarter of the 10th century
Pakistan (Swat Valley)
7th century
China
late 7th–early 8th century
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