WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
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THREE INLAID BRONZE FITTINGS
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
One a gold and silver-inlaid crossbow fitting, inlaid in gold wire and sheet and silver wire with scrolls; the other two hollow-cast ferrules (tun) or ge shaft caps, one partially cast in the shape of a phoenix inlaid in silver, the lower portion of the other in the shape of an animal leg terminating in a hoof, below ribbed and scroll bands inlaid in gold and silver
8 7/8, 6 and 5 1/8 in. (22.5, 15.2 and 13 cm.) long (3)
WARRING STATES PERIOD (475-221 BC)
One a gold and silver-inlaid crossbow fitting, inlaid in gold wire and sheet and silver wire with scrolls; the other two hollow-cast ferrules (tun) or ge shaft caps, one partially cast in the shape of a phoenix inlaid in silver, the lower portion of the other in the shape of an animal leg terminating in a hoof, below ribbed and scroll bands inlaid in gold and silver
8 7/8, 6 and 5 1/8 in. (22.5, 15.2 and 13 cm.) long (3)
Provenance
Acquired prior to 1977.
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