AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID FITTING WARRING STATES PERIOD - HAN DYNASTY
cast with a cylindrical axis connecting a handle and a domed cover set with two extended L-shaped brackets and surmounted by a short cylindrical top, finely inlaid in gold and silver with a stylized scroll design, the top slotted for a sliding rectangular peg with a small circular loop extending to the axis
Length 3 3/8 in., 8.5 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, New York, 31st October 1957.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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cast with a cylindrical axis connecting a handle and a domed cover set with two extended L-shaped brackets and surmounted by a short cylindrical top, finely inlaid in gold and silver with a stylized scroll design, the top slotted for a sliding rectangular peg with a small circular loop extending to the axis
Length 3 3/8 in., 8.5 cm
Provenance:
C.T. Loo, New York, 31st October 1957.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).