A RARE PAIR OF SMALL GOLD CIRCULAR FITTINGS

LATE EASTERN HAN/SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 2ND-4TH CENTURY

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A RARE PAIR OF SMALL GOLD CIRCULAR FITTINGS
LATE EASTERN HAN/SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD, 2ND-4TH CENTURY
Each slightly domed circular cap stamped with a dogtooth band around the sides and surmounted by a snarling chimera standing in a threatening position with head slightly turned, with long slender beard, V-shaped mane, wings sweeping back from the front haunches and a slender tail flicked to one side
1 and 1 1/16 in. (2.5 and 2.7 cm.) high
Wt. 31.3 and 28.3 g. (2)

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Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1980s.

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A very similar fitting, dated late Eastern Han or Six Dynasties, 2nd-4th century AD, is illustrated in Chinesisches Gold und Silber: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Reitberg Museum, Zürich, 1994, p. 134, no. 109.

A Technical Examination Report is available upon request.