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Bronze Ox With Rider Holding A Plate
Warring States period, 475-221 BC
Shanxi Museum
This beautiful and thoroughly-engraved bronze ox carries a rider, who holds an openwork plate, resembling an umbrella, above his head. Perhaps the small plate held a saucer or some condiments for banqueting, but whatever its use this object must have been a centerpiece of the table.
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