WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)

Details

A VERY RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID GOLD TUBULAR FITTING
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 8)
Probably from Shandong province, the heavily cast fitting encircled by five ribs with narrow raised borders and inlaid around the sides with turquoise chips, those at the ends and in the middle of triangular shape and those between in the shape of small cabochons, with traces of cinnabar on the interior
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) long
Wt. 106.8 g.

Provenance

Alice Boney, Japan, 1960s.

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Lot Essay

No other gold fitting of this type appears to have been published. Based on the shape it might have been part of a handle. The use of gold and turquoise inlay, as well as the simple, elegant shape, appear to relate it to gold pieces of this date from Northern China.

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