# Tiger-Shaped Weight

- By: anonymous
- Date: -0206 - 220
- Medium: bronze (metal), gold (metal)
- Classification: miniature
- Dimensions: height 4.1 cm x width 9.2 cm x diameter 6 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of dr. K. de Jong and I. de Roode, 2021)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-1820--4310a64e22ca71d0678bf5d7971e6ee5)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/d80186c3faeec80519f82a5c4f784e93.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.