A RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE MYTHICAL BEAST WESTERN HAN DYNASTY
the powerful feline cast coiled with its head turned sharply round, detailed with the ears folded flat at the sides above a short mane, its large eyes set under curving brows above a short nose, its neck encircled by a studded collar, its sinuous body extending to a long tail curled under its stretched rear leg, with fine gold and silver inlay defining the details
Width 5 in., 12.8 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, Paris, 15th January 1936.
Collection of Martine Marie Pol, Comtesse de Béhague (1870-1939).
Collection of Hubert Octave, Marquis de Ganay (1888-1974).
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7th May 1952, lot 59.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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the powerful feline cast coiled with its head turned sharply round, detailed with the ears folded flat at the sides above a short mane, its large eyes set under curving brows above a short nose, its neck encircled by a studded collar, its sinuous body extending to a long tail curled under its stretched rear leg, with fine gold and silver inlay defining the details
Width 5 in., 12.8 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, Paris, 15th January 1936.
Collection of Martine Marie Pol, Comtesse de Béhague (1870-1939).
Collection of Hubert Octave, Marquis de Ganay (1888-1974).
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7th May 1952, lot 59.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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