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A FINE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FINIAL, DINGSHI TWO GOLD- AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CHARIOT FITTINGS
Warring States Period Late Warring States period/Western Han Dynasty
Cast in the form of a recumbent bird, its head turned to rest on its Each hollow-cast and of cylindrical form, the shorter cast with a central
back and delicately inlaid in silver with volutes and geometric patterns raised collar, the other with four rings under the finial cap, both inlaid
that heighten its silhouette, the base pierced for attachment. in silver and gold with interlocking bird-headed scrolls, each top inlaid
3in (7.7cm) across with three scrolled petals inked by a silver collar to a central ring. (2)
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high;
$2,000 - 3,000 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high

戰國 錯銀鳩形銅頂飾 $3,000 - 5,000
戰國晚期/西漢初期 錯銀銅車具
See an almost identical example of a staff finial in this shape in the
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection
(coll. no. B60B816); and a closely related example sold in these rooms, A set of silver-inlaid bronze chariot fittings, including pieces similar to
16 March 2015, Eight Treasures from An American Private Collection, the present lot, in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto,
lot 2001. is illustrated by Jenny F. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Vol. III, New York, 1995, p.60, fig.104,
described as reportedly from Henan Luoyang Jincun.
See also a silver-inlaid bronze shaft fitting with closely related design
from the Avery Brundage Collection and now in the collection of the
Asian Art Museum if San Francisco, illustrated by Lefebvre d'Argence,
Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Avery Brundage Collection, Berkeley,
1966, pp.108-109, pl.XLIX-C, described as late Warring States period.

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