A PAIR OF SMALL GILT-BRONZE TAOTIE MASK FITTINGS

Lot 727
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 3 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 727 | A PAIR OF SMALL GILT-BRONZE TAOTIE MASK FITTINGS
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
A PAIR OF SMALL GILT-BRONZE TAOTIE MASK FITTINGS

HAN-NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 534)

Each mask is cast as a powerful taotie with thick brows, curved horns, and a pronounced nose above bared teeth from which issues a hook that suspends a loose ring.

Each 2 3⁄4 in. (7 cm.) overall, cloth box







Provenance

Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 25 October 1986.
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