Butt Cap for Spear Haft
The design of highly stylized dragons, inlaid with silver, appears on the two main areas of this butt cap. The encircling rounded band carries the volute and angle pattern poplular in Huai time. Like 50.46.5, this cap is oval in cross-section. Butt caps of this type, designed for lance hafts, are quite rare. Patina reddish-brown with small areas of green. Bronze with silver inlay.
- Date
- 5th-4th century BCE
- In our collection
- since February the 2nd, 2014 up to now
- Dimensions
- 5 3/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/16 in., 0.4 lb. (13.65 × 3.65 × 2.7 cm, 0.2 kg) 1 5/16 × 15/16 in. (3.33 × 2.38 cm) (object part, open end)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Jincun style Bronze inlaid with silver
- Price
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- Composition
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oxygen 49% zinc 28% iron 23%