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A archaic gold and silver-inlaid bronze ‘mythical animal’ ferrule
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Shaped in the form of a leg of a mythical beast ending in a hoof, the
exterior inlaid with silver and gold linings in geometric and swirling
patterns, sectioned by three plain horizontal frieze at the base, waist and
neck, the waist further flanked by a pair of ruyi-head finials.
11.5cm high.
HK$150,000 - 200,000
US$19,000 - 26,000
東周 錯金銀獸形轅頭
For a comparative example, see Jessica Rawson & Emma Bunker, Ancient
Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.180-181, no.88. See
also an excavated example showing a related gilt-bronze tiger finial,
unearthed in Huaiyang county, Henan province between 1981-1983, in
the Henan Provincial Museum, Henan province, illustrated in Zhongguo
Qingtongqi Quanji 10. Dong Zhou 4, Beijing, 1998, p.90, no.90-91.

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