Chariot Finials with Bird, 11th century BCE, 6 7/8 in. ( cm), Bronze, China, 11th century BCE, These bronze bird finials crowned the ends of chariot poles. The stylized animals, with their decorative flanges and C–shaped horns, are in keeping with the aesthetics of ritual vessels of the Shang dynasty, the era preceding the Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–c. 771 BCE

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