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107 AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE GILT AND SILVERED GLASS-INLAID BIRD-FORM FITTING
EASTERN ZHOU - HAN DYNASTY
東周至漢 銅錯金銀朱雀形飾
elaborately cast in the form of a mythical bird depicted frontally, with its head modeled in high relief, detailed with black
glass-inlaid eyes and a short pointed beak, its wings outstretched accentuated with silver scrolls, its long gently curved tail
extending upward into a fan shape, the reverse hollow and set with six small loops for attachment
Height 4⅜ in., 11 cm
$ 30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Frank Caro, successor to C.T. Loo, New York, 4th June 弗蘭克•卡羅（盧芹齋繼任人），紐約，1959年6月4日
1959. 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
展覽
EXHIBITED 《An Exhibition of Chinese Bronzes》，盧芹齋，紐約，1939
An Exhibition of Chinese Bronzes, C.T. Loo & Co., New 年，圖版XXVII，編號122
York, 1939, pl. XXVII, no. 122.
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