http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2551/butt-cap-for-spear-haft ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Butt Cap for Spear Haft http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2551/butt-cap-for-spear-haft 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2551/butt-cap-for-spear-haft http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2551/butt-cap-for-spear-haft Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Metalwork Artist Unknown (China) -400 -400 Asia, China Chin-ts’un styleBronze inlaid with silver Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:17:37 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">Butt Cap for Spear Haft</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Artist+Unknown+%28China%29">Artist Unknown (China)</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="-400">4th century B.C.</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> Not on view. </td> </tr> </table><br/>The zoomorphic decor, strongly stylized and inlaid with siver, is divided into three fields by a broad, rounded raised band. Finials of this type, oval in cross-section, were designed for the ends of lance hafts. For an extended discussion of these and similar butt caps, see Karlbeck, Selected Objects from Shou shou, BMFEA, Number 27, Stockholm, 1955. Patina reddish-brown with green patches- one side much corroded. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2551/butt-cap-for-spear-haft Artist Unknown (China)