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An archaic turquoise-inlaid gilt-bronze ‘peacock’ finial
537 Eastern Han/Six Dynasties
346 | Bonhams Cast in the form of peacock with head slightly raised, its wings tucked
away at the sides with its elaborate feathery tail extending elegantly in
crests at the rear, standing on two webbed feet encircled by crashing
waves, all gilt and inlaid with turquoise beads.
7.8cm high.
HK$30,000 - 40,000
US$3,900 - 5,200

東漢/六朝 銅鎏金嵌綠松石立鳥飾

537
An archaic bronze crane
Han dynasty
Cast on a four-legged rectangular stand with wavy designs at the
edges, supporting a tortoise standing on all four feet with head and tail
protruding from a domed shell, further surmounted by a crane standing
on a pair of elongated feet with sharpened talons, the feathery body and
tail with a slender elongated neck naturalistically twisted upwards with
beak and comb.
20cm high.
HK$50,000 - 80,000
US$6,500 - 10,000

漢 青銅鶴仙鶴立龜飾件