Chariot shaft socket, 13th-12th century BCE, 4 15/16 × 8 5/16 × 4 1/8 in., lb. ( × × cm, kg), Bronze, China, 13th-12th century BCE, This bronze object served as a fitting on a horse-drawn chariot. The chariot accompanied the deceased at burial and presumably served him or her in the afterlife. The décor of this extraordinary object is executed in high relief and partly in the round. On its base is a realistically shaped head of a water buffalo, whose body is splayed on the shield above the socket. On each side of the cylinder is a creature with a human head

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