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A RARE GILT-BRONZE WEIGHT
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - 220 AD)
Cast as a crouching mythical beast with its head held low, the body curled to the left, his tail curling between his hind legs and up over his haunch
3 in. (9 cm.) wide, stand
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - 220 AD)
Cast as a crouching mythical beast with its head held low, the body curled to the left, his tail curling between his hind legs and up over his haunch
3 in. (9 cm.) wide, stand
Provenance
Alfred Salmony
Federick M. Meyer, sold in our London Rooms, 24 June 1974, lot 147.
Federick M. Meyer, sold in our London Rooms, 24 June 1974, lot 147.
Literature
The Arts of the Han Dynasty, Asia House, New York, 1961, no. 50.