A RARE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE 'BEAST HEAD' CHARIOT ORNAMENT WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY
well modeled in the form of feline head with fine lines of silver inlay defining the details, the broad snout with a wide open mouth leading to a hollow interior and open at the back, the pair of almond-shaped eyes surmounted by bushy brows and large rounded ears, the surface with minor areas of malachite encrustation
Length 2 1/8 in., 5.4 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, New York, 19th April 1951.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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well modeled in the form of feline head with fine lines of silver inlay defining the details, the broad snout with a wide open mouth leading to a hollow interior and open at the back, the pair of almond-shaped eyes surmounted by bushy brows and large rounded ears, the surface with minor areas of malachite encrustation
Length 2 1/8 in., 5.4 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, New York, 19th April 1951.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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