LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC

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A GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FITTING
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY BC
Of slender, tapering, hexagonal form, the faceted sides are inlaid in silver with a broad central band of chevron pattern between a band of zoomorphic scroll in gold above and interlocking angular scrolls below bordered by a scalloped band enclosing small circles and scrolls. The flat top is inlaid with a tiny gold flower head.
3½ in. (9 cm.) high

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Eskenazi, London, no. C695.
By descent from the Reach Family Collection.

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Eskenazi, London, Inlaid Bronze and Related Material from pre-Tang China, 11 June - 5 July 1991, no. 18.

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A very similar finial was sold at Christie's New York, 2 December 1993, lot 186. See, also, a related finial of this type, illustrated by J. Sewell, Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and Marilyn Alsdorf, Chicago, 1970, no. B13.