Crossbow crank
Place of OriginChina
Dateapprox. 300-221 BCE
PeriodEastern Zhou period (770–256 BCE) or later
MaterialsBronze
DimensionsH. 7 1/8 in x W. 6 3/4 in x D. 4 1/4 in, H. 20.3 cm x W. 16.5 cm x D. 10.8 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60B11
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsArms And Armament
On View
On viewLocationGallery 14
More InformationThis device was designed to pull the strings on a powerful crossbow. It is rare and there are no known excavated examples to provide a date. While some experts have suggested this object is about twenty-two hundred years old, others have argued that it was made several centuries later.
206 BCE-9 CE
approx. 300-221 BCE
approx. 300-221 BCE
approx. 300-221 BCE
approx. 300-221 BCE
approx. 300-221 BCE
approx. 400-221 BCE
approx. 1300-1050 BCE
approx. 1300-1050 BCE
approx. 1100-900 BCE