Bronze Animal Figure, Han Dynasty

A small bronze sculpture of a stocky four-legged animal, likely a pig, shown in profile with a short pointed ear and a cylindrical opening along its back. The surface is mottled with dark green and brown patina, and the legs end in simple hooved feet against a plain light background.

Artist

Unknown

Date

206 BCE-220 CE

Medium

Bronze

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

4000 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art