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A RARE PAIR OF GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE CHARIOT YOKE ORNAMENTS EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, WARRING STATES PERIOD

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each finely modeled in the form of a feline mask extending in a gentle curve to a socket of oval section terminating in four triangular points, the face with a wide mouth, protruding eyes, large rounded ears, and a pair of long pointed horns, flattened against the neck, with gold and silver inlay defining the details, the surface with areas of malachite encrustation, wood stands (4)
Length 2 1/2 in., 6.3 cm

Provenance:
Mathias Komor, New York, 25th February 1953.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).


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each finely modeled in the form of a feline mask extending in a gentle curve to a socket of oval section terminating in four triangular points, the face with a wide mouth, protruding eyes, large rounded ears, and a pair of long pointed horns, flattened against the neck, with gold and silver inlay defining the details, the surface with areas of malachite encrustation, wood stands (4)
Length 2 1/2 in., 6.3 cm

Provenance:
Mathias Komor, New York, 25th February 1953.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

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