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Highlights
Gilt-bronze Bear-shaped Table Legs
- Nationality/Period
Nangnang Commandery
- Materials
Metal
- Dimensions
H. 11.0cm
- Accession Number
Bongwan 4799
These four table legs in the shape of squatting bears were attached to the four corners of a rectangular table. They are shown with the left knee bent and the right knee raised upright, with their arms raised to support the top board of the table. During the Han Dynasty of China, a bear was regarded as a propitious animal and was thus a common feature of many patterns and ornaments.
