LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD/HAN DYNASTY, 3RD CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD

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A PAIR OF GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE FITTINGS
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD/HAN DYNASTY, 3RD CENTURY BC-1ST CENTURY AD
Each is of hexagonal form, and is inlaid in gold and silver sheet with a broad chevron band between gold interlaced scrolls on the spreading, hollow end and the baluster end, which is decorated on the flat top with a starburst motif.
5½ in. (9 cm.) high, lucite stand, Japanese wood box (2)

Provenance

Mayuyama, Tokyo, Japan, acquired prior to 2000.

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Lot Essay

A similar fitting is illustrated by J. Sewell in Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and Marilyn Alsdorf, Chicago, 1970, no. B13; and two others from the Eastern Zhou dynasty are included in the exhibition, Inlaid bronze and related material from pre-Tang China, Eskenazi, London, June-July 1991, no. 17.

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