A RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' FITTING WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY
solidly cast with a ferocious mythical beast mask, detailed with protruding almond-shaped eyes, broad snout, spiraling rounded ears, and a triangular horn, the reverse set with a long flattened rectangular bar
Width 5 3/8 in., 13.7 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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solidly cast with a ferocious mythical beast mask, detailed with protruding almond-shaped eyes, broad snout, spiraling rounded ears, and a triangular horn, the reverse set with a long flattened rectangular bar
Width 5 3/8 in., 13.7 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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