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Benin bronze sculpture
Benin bronze sculpture of horse and rider; in the British Museum, London.
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bronze finial
Angkorian-style bronze finial from Cambodia, c. 1200; in the Honolulu Academy...
Photograph by honolulu0919. Honolulu Academy of Arts, gift of the Academy's Volunteer Fund, 1989 (5804.1)
cast bronze baptismal font
Cast bronze baptismal font by Renier de Huy, 1107–18. In the church of Saint-Barthélemy,...
Courtesy of Holle Bildarchiv, Baden-Baden
Figure 155: Bronze doors from the north side of the Baptistery in Florence, by Lorenzo...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
bronze griffin
Bronze griffin, 12th century; in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Pisa, Italy.
Scala/Art Resource, New York
Brunswick Lion
Brunswick Lion monument on the Burgplatz in Braunschweig, Germany
H. Krause-Willemberg/ZEFA
Figure 158: Bronze chandelier, Dutch, 15th century. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam....
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Cheng Huang, bronze sculpture; in the Guimet Museum, Paris.
Courtesy of the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, Paris
Zhou dynasty: ceremonial bronze dou
Ceremonial bronze dou decorated with an inlaid design, mid-to-late Zhou...
Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Figure 159: Bronze effigy of Henry III, by William Torel, 13th century. In Westminster...
J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
Gloucester candlestick
Gloucester candlestick, carved and chased gilt bronze, 12th century. In the Victoria...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Ceremonial bronze gong, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 bce);...
Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Bronze gu from An-yang, Shang dynasty (18th–12th century bc);...
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Zhou dynasty: ceremonial bronze gui
Ceremonial bronze gui, late 11th–early 10th century bce,...
Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Hevajra united with his female consort; Lamaist bronze, early 19th century; in the...
Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Netherlands
Han dynasty: Horse and Swallow tomb sculpture
Horse and Swallow, bronze sculpture from the tomb of General Chang, Leitai,...
Robert Harding Picture Library
incense burner
Incense burner, bronze, from China, Western Han dynasty, about 100 bce;...
Photograph by Jenny O'Donnell. Indianapolis Museum of Art, gift of J. W. Alsdorf, 55.174
Bronze jia, Shang dynasty (18th–12th century bce);...
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri (Nelson Fund)
bronze guard lions
Gilt bronze guard lions in front of the Gate of Celestial Purity (Qianqingmen), the...
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Figure 175: Memorial king's head, bronze, from Benin, Nigeria, 15th century. In the...
Courtesy of the Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna;photograph Photo Meyer K.G.
seated Buddha
Seated Buddha, gilt bronze sculpture from Sukhothai, Thailand, 14th–early 15th century;...
Photograph by L. Mandle. Honolulu Academy of Arts, gift of John Young, 1991 (6723.1)
Ptah, holding the emblems of life and power, bronze statuette, Memphis, c....
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum
Zhou dynasty zhong
Chinese bronze zhong, late Zhou dynasty (1046–256 bce);...
Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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