A SUPERB AND EXTREMELY RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID GOLD OPENWORK CHAPE, NORTHWEST CHINA, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
A SUPERB AND EXTREMELY RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID GOLD OPENWORK CHAPE
NORTHWEST CHINA, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
This chape is finely decorated on each side in a complex openwork design of eleven interlaced serpents within a border of stylized bird-heads that rise from small animal heads with turquoise inlay at the bottom corners that flank a band of volutes on each side. The tip of the chape is formed as a dragon head.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high; weight 35.2 g
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A SUPERB AND EXTREMELY RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID GOLD OPENWORK CHAPE
NORTHWEST CHINA, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
This chape is finely decorated on each side in a complex openwork design of eleven interlaced serpents within a border of stylized bird-heads that rise from small animal heads with turquoise inlay at the bottom corners that flank a band of volutes on each side. The tip of the chape is formed as a dragon head.
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high; weight 35.2 g
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