Ornament voor de houten steel van een ge

Ornament voor de houten steel van een ge

Unknown artist

Details

Dimensions
height 6.5 cm x diameter 1.4 cm
Origin
China
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum
Image provider
rijksmuseum
License
Public Domain
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Art Genome Taxonomy

7 tags

Visual Qualities

  • Patinated and Oxidized Visual · 89%

    Greenish and brown surface alteration is visibly distributed across the cylindrical body and raised ornament.

Medium and Techniques

  • Relief Visual · 82%

    Raised ornamental forms visibly project from the exterior surface of the hollow cylinder.

Time Periods

  • Ancient Art Metadata · 95%

    The catalog dates the object to approximately 1030–490 BCE, placing it within the broad category of ancient art.

Geographic Regions

  • Chinese Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog gives China as the place of origin.

Materials

  • Metal Visual · 78%

    The object has the appearance of a hard, worked metallic fitting, with a mottled green-brown altered surface; the catalog does not specify its material.

Antiquities, Artifacts, and Religious Objects

  • Ceremonial Object Metadata · 98%

    The catalog classifies the object as a ritual object and identifies it as an ornament for a weapon shaft.

  • Arms and Armor Metadata · 96%

    The catalog includes “ceremonial weapon” among its classifications, and the title identifies the object as an ornament for a wooden shaft.

Source & rights

Unknown artist. Ornament voor de houten steel van een ge. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.