A RARE BRONZE DRAGON-HEAD FITTING
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A RARE BRONZE DRAGON-HEAD FITTING

YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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A RARE BRONZE DRAGON-HEAD FITTING
YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
The fitting is hollow cast as a dragon head with coiled snout, fangs, trailing whiskers and brows, and a long mane extending under the horns onto the scaly neck. The bronze has a dark grey patina with some bluish-green encrustation.
9½ in. (24 cm.) long, stand

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Stylistically this fitting is similar to a jade dragon head dated to the Yuan dynasty illustrated by Fu Xinian in Guyu tuoying (A Selection of Ancient Chinese Jades), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 220, fig. 95.

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