A PAIR OF GOLD FOIL-DECORATED BRONZE FITTINGS

WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY BC

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A PAIR OF GOLD FOIL-DECORATED BRONZE FITTINGS
WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY BC
Each a loop cast on top in high relief with the granulated snake-like bodies of entwined dragons, with a rectangular loop below and an oblong opening in front from which rises a short post cast on top in the shape of a taotie mask overlaid with thin gold sheet pressed over the taotie mask to form the hook, with extensive green encrustation
1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) across
Wt. 69.0 and 68.4 g. (2)

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Alice Boney, New York, 1953.

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The gold masks are stylistically similar to those seen on circular bronze fittings such as the example from the Ellsworth Collection, lot 1290; the example illustrated in Chinesisches Gold und Silber: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Museum Reitberg, Zürich, 1994, p. 74, no. 12; and one illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pp. 64-5, no. 3.

A Technical Examination Report is available upon request.