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    "localId": "125348",
    "label": "Crossbow Support",
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    "id": "125348",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Crossbow Support",
    "description": "Here, the rectangular socket of the bow support tapers elegantly to form the slender neck of an animal head. Silver inlay of wires and ribbons form an extraordinarily beautiful abstract design consisting of sweeping lines, coils, spirals, and serpentine interlaces.",
    "date": "300–200 BCE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.3",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Metalwork"
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)"
    ],
    "accession": "1947.3"
}

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    "tec": "bronze inlaid with silver",
    "tombstone": "Crossbow Support, 300–200 BCE. China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Bronze inlaid with silver; overall: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1947.3",
    "collection": "China - Zhou Dynasty",
    "didYouKnow": "Both the support for the crossbow and the inlaid silver pattern on the square socket resemble a bird's long neck and head.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Hollis, Howard. \"A Chinese Chariot Fitting.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>35, no. 2 (February 1948): 18–19.<br><br>Published as a chariot fitting.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 14; Mentioned: p. 18",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141433"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Watson, William. <em>L’art de L’ancienne Chine</em>. Paris: Mazenod, 1979.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 279, p. 394"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.3",
    "creditline": "Edward L. Whittemore Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:28:32.067000",
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    "sourceId": 125348,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Zhou Dynasty",
    "med": "bronze inlaid with silver",
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