A VERY RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE FINIAL WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY
cast in the form of a bird head, with a large hooked beak before protruding eyes and leaf-shaped ears, the head flanked by a pair of small loops and extending to a tall cylindrical hollow socket pierced with two small apertures, the surface with malachite encrustation, wood stand (2)
Height 3 1/2 in., 9.2 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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cast in the form of a bird head, with a large hooked beak before protruding eyes and leaf-shaped ears, the head flanked by a pair of small loops and extending to a tall cylindrical hollow socket pierced with two small apertures, the surface with malachite encrustation, wood stand (2)
Height 3 1/2 in., 9.2 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).