HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

Hollow, gilt-bronze bear-form fittings of this type are thought to have held the wood or lacquer legs of vessels or furniture. A pair of fittings of this type are illustrated by d'Argencé in Chinese Treasures from the Avery Brundage Collection, The Asia Society, New York, 1968, pp. 44-5, no. 30.