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Bear and tiger fighting
Bear and tiger fighting

Bear and tiger fighting

Label TextA tiger fiercely attacking a bear forms this fascinating circular object, an imaginative design for a sleeve weight. Two creatures in combat is a composition already recorded in China by the 4th century B.C., while this particular motif of a bear and tiger locked in battle is common in the Han dynasty.
Object number40.16
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective", December 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009 (12/22/2007 - 7/26/2009)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) Diam.: 2 1/2 in.
MediumCast bronze gilded in gold
Warrior fighting Bear
Japanese
18th-19th century
Object number: 33.490
Snuff bottle
Chinese
1736-1795
Object number: 98.49.86
Head of Buddha
Thai
15th-17th century
Object number: 33.1054
Tayo (Bride’s necklace with almond-shaped pendant)
Nepalese
late 19th to early 20th century
Object number: 33.704
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Persian
ca. 1000-1100
Object number: 68.21
Inro: Gold lacquer with silver flower
Japanese
early 19th century
Object number: 55.50
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Korean
3rd century
Object number: 67.89
Photo: Paul Macapia
Ghanaian
20th century
Object number: 81.17.400
Figural pendant
ca. 1000-1530
Object number: 58.64
Nose ring
Object number: 59.51.1
Nose ring
Object number: 59.51.2
Double Alligator pendant
ca. 1480
Object number: 67.90