AN ARCHAIC SILVER-INLAID BRONZE HAFT CAP

LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD/EARLY WESTERN HAN

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AN ARCHAIC SILVER-INLAID BRONZE HAFT CAP
late warring states period/early western han
Of slightly flattened cylindrical shape with a raised band nearer the open end, each side finely inlaid with multiple scrolling mythical beasts, minor losses and some encrustation
5¾in. (14.5cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare similar examples illustrated by O. Karlbeck in Selected Objects from Ancient Shou-Chou, B.M.F.E.A., Stockholm, no.27, pls.6.1a-b, 13a-b, 14. Another similar gold-inlaid haft cap was sold in our New York Rooms, 2 June 1989, lot 104.

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