A SPLENDID AND RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A PEACOCK HAN DYNASTY
brilliantly cast standing on its slender legs terminating in talons, its wings and tail lifted upright, each formed by four arrays of plumes accentuated with recessed eyespots, its raised head detailed with a down-curved beak and large rounded eyes, surmounted by an elegantly curved crest, the plumage finely delineated body embellished in gold inlay forming stylized feathers, wood stand (2)
Height 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, New York, 7th December 1946.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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brilliantly cast standing on its slender legs terminating in talons, its wings and tail lifted upright, each formed by four arrays of plumes accentuated with recessed eyespots, its raised head detailed with a down-curved beak and large rounded eyes, surmounted by an elegantly curved crest, the plumage finely delineated body embellished in gold inlay forming stylized feathers, wood stand (2)
Height 6 1/8 in., 15.5 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, New York, 7th December 1946.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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