LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
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AN INLAID BRONZE BIRD-FORM FINIAL
LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
The tubular socket pierced through the sides and surmounted by a seated bird with long neck and large beak, the body detailed with feathers and the back formed by an animal head with open mouth from which issues an openwork rectangular panel enclosing a crouching feline, with silvery patina and green encrustation; together with an unusual cock's head finial, late Eastern Zhou dynasty, the sides cast in low relief with the details of the head, and surmounted by a plain scalloped flange tapering to the sharp edges
3½ and 3¼ in. (9 and 8.2 cm.) high (2)
LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
The tubular socket pierced through the sides and surmounted by a seated bird with long neck and large beak, the body detailed with feathers and the back formed by an animal head with open mouth from which issues an openwork rectangular panel enclosing a crouching feline, with silvery patina and green encrustation; together with an unusual cock's head finial, late Eastern Zhou dynasty, the sides cast in low relief with the details of the head, and surmounted by a plain scalloped flange tapering to the sharp edges
3½ and 3¼ in. (9 and 8.2 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Both: C.T. Loo & Co., New York.
Second: Frank Caro, New York, 1959.
Second: Frank Caro, New York, 1959.
Exhibited
Second: Exhibition of Chinese Bronzes, C.T. Loo & Co., New York, 1939, no. 68.
Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, p. 43, no. 104.
4000 Years of Chinese Art, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1958, no. 66 (not illus.).
Both: Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Stanford University Museum, California, 21 February - 28 March 1958, p. 58, no. 154 and no. 155 (not illus.), respectively.
Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, p. 43, no. 104.
4000 Years of Chinese Art, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1958, no. 66 (not illus.).
Both: Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Stanford University Museum, California, 21 February - 28 March 1958, p. 58, no. 154 and no. 155 (not illus.), respectively.
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