Money-Shaking Tree
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October 1 2017 - December 31 2017
Curator: Miriam Malachi
Models of money-shaking trees were placed in graves to ensure the wealth and good fortune of the deceased on their journey to the afterlife. The trees’ fine bronze-cast branches were laden with ordinary coins of the time that featured diverse depictions of celestial beings in long robes, animals such as frolicking monkeys, and mythical creatures like the phoenix. Because this practice waned after the Han period, it is extremely rare to find sculptures of money-shaking trees; today only about 70 surviving examples are known.
Sichuan province, Eastern Han period (25–220 CE, Stand: 5th century, Bronze and earthenware
Promised gift of Geoffroy and Xiao Qian Wallier, Hong Kong, in honor of Guy Wallier
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