Finial
A hollow bronze finial inlaid with gold and silver, its openwork forms of coiled, scroll-like creatures rising in a tall, tapering column. Gold and silver panels with spiral and cloud motifs encircle the cylindrical base, and patinated green shows at the recesses.
Look closer: Small spiral-patterned silver and gold panels on the base, with a cloud-scroll motif.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 475–221 BCE
- Medium
- bronze inlaid with gold and silver
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2043 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -221).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund