A GOLD-INLAID BRONZE CIRCULAR `TIGER` FITTING

Lot 724
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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ID 718875
Lot 724 | A GOLD-INLAID BRONZE CIRCULAR 'TIGER' FITTING
Estimate value
$ 7 000 – 10 000
A GOLD-INLAID BRONZE CIRCULAR 'TIGER' FITTING

WARRING STATES PERIOD, 5TH-4TH CENTURY BC

The circular fitting is cast with four small loops on the outer edge, and encloses two tigers in openwork with details picked out in gold.

4 1⁄8 in. (10.5 cm.) across, cloth box







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Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 27 October 1989.
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