Plaque of a Ram
Asian Art
On View: Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
MEDIUM
Silver
DATES
618â907
DYNASTY
Tang Dynasty
PERIOD
Tang Dynasty
DIMENSIONS
5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2015.93
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Jane and Leopold Swergold
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Animal form, cut from silver sheet, hammered and chased. The figure has been identified as a long-haired ram, possibly an ibex, with full body, long horns and slender hoofed legs, mouth open. The body is engraved with hair markings that accentuate the sense of powerful movement beneath the animal's long and heavy coat.
2003: Condition: Intact. Arrived mounted with jeweler's wire on a plexiglas mount (6 5/8 x 7 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.).
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
CAPTION
Plaque of a Ram, 618â907. Silver, 5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jane and Leopold Swergold, 2015.93 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2015.93_SL3.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2015.93_SL3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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