Mat Weight in the Form of a Bear, China, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–8 CE). Gilt bronze. Overall: 15.7 x 14.6 x 17.3 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.203. Bear imagery, which symbolized heroic power, was particularly popular...

Han Dynasty Bronze Mat Weights Leopard inlaid with Gold and Silver, unearthed in 1968 from the tomb of Dou Jian, wife of Liu Sheng, King of Jing, in Zhongshan, Mancheng. Collection of Hebei Province, China.

A gilt-bronze and tiger-cowrie-shell 'deer' mat weight. Western Han Dynasty The recumbent deer finely cast with his head slightly raised, and legs folded along the edges of the flat base, the body hollow-cast to enclose a large russet-marked cowrie shell,...