A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE AXLE CAP AND LINCHPIN EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
the cap of tapering tubular section cast with a band of slender upright petals and pierced with a rectangular aperture to receive the linchpin, the pin cast with a flattened pierced shaft, surmounted by a feline beast head with pricked ears, a flattened nose and a broad muzzle open to reveal its teeth, pierced through with an aperture behind and set against a semicircle-shaped back, the surface with malachite encrustation, wood stand (3)
Length 5 1/2 in., 14.1 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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the cap of tapering tubular section cast with a band of slender upright petals and pierced with a rectangular aperture to receive the linchpin, the pin cast with a flattened pierced shaft, surmounted by a feline beast head with pricked ears, a flattened nose and a broad muzzle open to reveal its teeth, pierced through with an aperture behind and set against a semicircle-shaped back, the surface with malachite encrustation, wood stand (3)
Length 5 1/2 in., 14.1 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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