AN UNUSUAL BRONZE CYLINDRICAL AXLE CAP OR FITTING
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE CYLINDRICAL AXLE CAP OR FITTING

EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC

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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE CYLINDRICAL AXLE CAP OR FITTING
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The top cast in high relief with a coiled bottle-horn dragon encircled by the raised outer rim, the sides cast in intaglio as if a continuation of the dragon's long body coiled around the sides and detailed with scales, with malachite and ferrous encrustation
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, prior to 1977.

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