Lot 52
52
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A GOLD DOUBLE CHARIOT FITTING

Details
A GOLD DOUBLE CHARIOT FITTING
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD

Hollow cast, the twin cylinders joined by a central section forming an 'H', each face with four entwined dragons in low relief, their tails interlocked on the central section of the fitting and their bodies radiating out to the cylinders to terminate at the well-defined heads below each rim, the surface with a faint cupric sheen--1in. (2.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare a group of seven similar fittings excavated from the site of the Spring and Autumn period and Qin Dynasty rulers' ancestral temple at Majiazhuang, Fengxian County, Shaanxi province in 1982, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji: Arts and Crafts, Gold, Silver, Glass and Enamelware, vol. 10, p.4, no.8