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Escutcheon in the Form of a Horned Monster Head with Forelegs

Culture
Chinese
Dynasty
Northern Wei dynasty, 386–534 CE
Date
early 6th century
Material
Bronze with gilding
made in
China, Asia
Classification
Furniture, metalwork
Collection
Asian Art
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
4 3/8 × 5 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (11.1 × 14 × 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
William K. Bixby Trust for Asian Art
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
164:1955
by 1939 - 1955
C. T. Loo & Co. [C. T. Loo (1880–1957)], Paris, France and New York, NY, USA

1955 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from C. T. Loo & Co. [1]


Notes:
[1] This object was exhibited and published by C. T. Loo in his gallery in New York, New York and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan in 1940; see C. T. Loo & Co., An Exhibition of Chinese Bronzes, catalogue compiled by J. Leroy Davidson (New York: C. T. Loo & Co., 1939), cat. no. 70 and pl. XXVII (halftone illustration); and The Detroit Institute of Arts, An Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Ritual Bronzes Loaned by C. T. Loo & Co. (Detroit: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1940), cat. no. 91 and pl. XXXIV (upper center).

[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, February 3, 1955.
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