LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-10TH CENTURY BC

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A RARE PAIR OF BRONZE 'DRAGON' FITTINGS
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-10TH CENTURY BC
Each fitting is decorated with a dragon and has a curved end opposite the other end perforated with a rectangular opening, the side with a loop for attachment.
18 1⁄8 in. (46 cm.) long

Provenance

Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

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Lot Essay

A similar dragon can be seen decorating a Western Zhou bronze protective cover for a front wooden bar of a chariot, excavated at Zhouyuan, Qishan county, Shaanxi province, and now in the Zhouyuan Museum of Qishan County. See Imperial China: The Art of the Horse in Chinese History, Kentucky, 2000, p. 78, no. 9.

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