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LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
细节
A RARE BRONZE TWO-SIDED CHARIOT FITTING
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
The cylindrical tube cast at the top on each side with a different taotie mask set above a hole, one mask with large horns that extend above a pair of small flanges positioned above small holes, the mask on the reverse centered by a long nose cast with scales that divides the eyes and the ears, with a small hole in the flat top which is framed by the projecting edges of the horns and ears, the dark olive-grey patina with green and ferrous encrustation
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
The cylindrical tube cast at the top on each side with a different taotie mask set above a hole, one mask with large horns that extend above a pair of small flanges positioned above small holes, the mask on the reverse centered by a long nose cast with scales that divides the eyes and the ears, with a small hole in the flat top which is framed by the projecting edges of the horns and ears, the dark olive-grey patina with green and ferrous encrustation
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
来源
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1972.