A gold and silver inlaid bronze fitting for a staff. Warring States period (480-221 BC) - image-1
A gold and silver inlaid bronze fitting for a staff. Warring States period (480-221 BC) - image-2
A gold and silver inlaid bronze fitting for a staff. Warring States period (480-221 BC) - image-1A gold and silver inlaid bronze fitting for a staff. Warring States period (480-221 BC) - image-2

Lot 743 Dα

A gold and silver inlaid bronze fitting for a staff. Warring States period (480-221 BC)

Auction 1124 - overview Cologne
08.12.2018, 13:00 - China
Estimate: 3.000 € - 5.000 €

A gold and silver inlaid bronze fitting for a staff. Warring States period (480-221 BC)

Of almost cylindrical shape, ending in a tiger's head with a ringin its mouth, to which a large ring is attached. The head decorated with spirals, the shaft with triangles.
Length 10.5 cm (without the loose ring)

戰國 青銅虎首杆飾
來源:德國不來梅Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964),購於二十世紀二十年代,此後家族傳承

Provenance

Collection Friedrich Otto Hasse (1886-1964), Bremen, and thence by descent