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Tiger-Shaped Weight
Also titled Gewichtje in de vorm van een tijger
-0206 - 220
- Medium
- bronze (metal), gold (metal)
- Classification
- miniature
- Dimensions
- height 4.1 cm x width 9.2 cm x diameter 6 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of dr. K. de Jong and I. de Roode, 2021)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
This is a solid cast bronze tiger. The curled-up animal’s head is slightly raised. Its face and fur stripes are inlaid with silver and gold. These functional ornaments were once placed to the corners of woven mats to keep them even and taut while people sat on them.
