A GILT-BRONZE TIGER-FORM WEIGHT HAN DYNASTY
the feline cast in a tightly coiled pose with its head supported on its paw resting on its rump, its neck adorned with a collar, its face detailed with a broad snout below oval-shaped protruding eyes and large pointed ears, the details finely incised, all supported on a circular disc base
Diameter 2 3/8 in., 6 cm
Provenance:
Nagatani Inc., Chicago, 20th December 1950.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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the feline cast in a tightly coiled pose with its head supported on its paw resting on its rump, its neck adorned with a collar, its face detailed with a broad snout below oval-shaped protruding eyes and large pointed ears, the details finely incised, all supported on a circular disc base
Diameter 2 3/8 in., 6 cm
Provenance:
Nagatani Inc., Chicago, 20th December 1950.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).