A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FERRULE WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY
the faceted leg inlaid in fine gold wires and silver leaves with a geometric scrolling pattern above a band of crossed scrolls encircling the foot, all set below a highly abstract bird motif in relief with a projecting head and tail, surmounted by a socket of pear-shaped section pierced on either side with a small aperture below a band of stylized confronting kuilong, the interior hollow, the surface with some minor malachite encrustation
Height 4 3/8 in., 11 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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the faceted leg inlaid in fine gold wires and silver leaves with a geometric scrolling pattern above a band of crossed scrolls encircling the foot, all set below a highly abstract bird motif in relief with a projecting head and tail, surmounted by a socket of pear-shaped section pierced on either side with a small aperture below a band of stylized confronting kuilong, the interior hollow, the surface with some minor malachite encrustation
Height 4 3/8 in., 11 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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