Lot Essay
Very similar pieces are illustrated in Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo 1989, pl.226 ; and in E.C. Bunker, Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes, The Eugene V. Thaw and other New York Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 1, 2002 - January 5, 2003, p.150, fig.127.